Joe Manchin: “The President voiced his support for a lease extension with respect to Gulf of Mexico wells that were directly impacted…”

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.

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.

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

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.