Joe Manchin: “The complication is, that this administration doesn't want anything that comes out of the ground. I am fighting them…”

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

They don't believe in these extreme causes and going to the extreme mats and fighting each other and hating the other side.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

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