Joe Manchin: “If confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Energy, Mr. Turk is going to play a critical role in our nation's energy agenda.”

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

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.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

We don't even have a budget anymore.