Joe Manchin actually said...

"The economy would go to 'you-know-what' in a handbasket and we'd be in serious trouble."

"It is totally unreasonable. The aggressive approach they're taking, it makes no sense at all when we're in such dire need of the energy that we have in this great country."

"We're all in on this one. It doesn't have a party here. This is the most bipartisan approach I think you can take."

"This proposal from OSM is but one part of an open war on American coal being waged by bureaucrats in Washington, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia."