Joe Manchin actually said...

"So to me, that would be a high priority. That I think if you don't identify it, I can guarantee you, they won't come forward and just say: Oh, yes, we still think that is needed."

"My recommendation would be, based on what we talked, with the Huaweis, and all the concerns we had, that that be a high priority of yours to ask in your budget?"

"I want to thank the witnesses during the previous round of questioning for validating a lot of what we are seeing in Rhode Island, that there is good, job-creating potential in offshore wind."

"We cannot allow the incumbents in the energy space to block that progress."