Joe Manchin: “I appreciate so much the Senator's support. He knows the miners so well because we joined--his Southwest Virginia miners…”

“I appreciate so much the Senator's support. He knows the miners so well because we joined--his Southwest Virginia miners and my West Virginia miners work very well together. With that being said, we are very proud of our neighbors and friends from Ohio. Senator Portman has been here, and he knows the mine workers of the Southeast, where most of them have congregated and where they really mine the coal, along with Southwest Virginia. We are very proud of that. So we appreciate Senator Portman's being part of this colloquy.”