Joe Manchin: “Do you believe that we could utilize our National Guard much more effectively and cost efficiently?”

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

Lets put some respect back in and the dignity and decorum in the life of this great country of ours, lets be Americans first and put the -- put the country before the party.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

We need to do permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.