Joe Manchin: “It's been said that basically we know what they're doing and we know the jobs that we've lost.”

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.

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…

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

I rise today on behalf of the 476,000 West Virginians who rely on Social Security benefits. Majorities of our seniors in every State rely on Social Security benefits, and we know that we are in trouble. The Senate is considering the Social…