Joe Manchin: “So that is $9 billion versus $2 billion, and that is about as simple as I can make it.”

West by God Virginia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Blessed be West Virginia. ____________________

If we don't do permitting, and we don't have permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.

We have accumulated the greatest amount of debt in the history of our country in the shortest period of time.

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.