Joe Manchin actually said...

"I know you've also done all the work with renewables and also about the grid system. You know with the basic base load fuels that we have right now which is coal, gas and nuclear. They're the only one..."

"But our people are very skeptical about having to work against our government rather than our government working for us."

"The Department of Energy has had $8 billion for research and development. It's been laying there for since 2, 9, I think."

"How are you going to find the technology if you don't partner up with the private sector to spend some of that $8 billion to try to move the ball forward?"