Joe Manchin actually said...

"The only alternative we have is the pass S. 2372 to try to create the balance that you all found in 2007."

"Don't you all take into consideration the people that live there, the livelihood that comes from it."

"The majority of the people that live there that are affected are totally in support of S. 2372."

"That seemed to be a pretty good compromise that they'd worked out and a pretty good strategy everybody was working on."