Joe Manchin: “As the superpower of the world, we are reliant on China, Russia, and other foreign adversaries for far too many of our…”

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.

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

Lets put some respect back in and the dignity and decorum in the life of this great country of ours, lets be Americans first and put the -- put the country before the party.

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.