Joe Manchin: “I am asking for a level playing field.”

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.

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

West by God Virginia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Blessed be West Virginia. ____________________

We have accumulated the greatest amount of debt in the history of our country in the shortest period of time.