Joe Manchin: “I thank, first of all, the Senator from Virginia for fighting for his coal miners in Southwest Virginia. They have been…”

“I thank, first of all, the Senator from Virginia for fighting for his coal miners in Southwest Virginia. They have been out there fighting in Westmoreland, and we have 1,200 miners about ready to lose everything that we had to fight for to gain. They are going to lose their pensions. They are going to lose, also, the healthcare. We have to get them in the bill. We have to get our trust fund on the black lung restored.”