Joe Manchin actually said...

"The only thing I'm saying is it doesn't look like the government is going to come forward in any type of an expedient manner to fix the environmental problem that they caused."

"I don't think that's correct. I don't think that's--the reason I say it's not correct--I don't think that anywhere else in the country that happens."

"I'm just trying to get you in a position to clean up for the sake of the country and the sake of Alaska a horrible environmental problem that's not your fault."

"As West Virginians, we have a lot of sympathy for Alaska trying to do all they can to provide energy for this great country and then being treated like a second class citizen."