Joe Manchin

If they lose these jobs, the unemployment rate is going to go from about 45 percent to north of 80 percent because they mine coal on the Crow Reservation.

As we're seeing the industry today, coal companies are not too big to fail.

I want to emphasize that the Stream Protection Rule is important for the entire nation.

The Stream Protection Rule is first and foremost about water quality.

In my view, without the Stream Protection Rule, we would be allowing the coal industry to continue business as usual.

It is hard not to believe there has not been a war on coal.

It is clear that the current situation is not acceptable.

This find is very unusual, this Marcellus shale and the Utica shale and now we have Rogersville and all this coming on in our little state of West Virginia.

It is really disturbing. Our state is really getting plummeted by this, and it is just ridiculous.

Is there anything else out there we might have under our feet that we do not know about that could really give us another boost?

The USGS is not a partisan agency. I repeat, not a partisan agency and issuing burdensome regulations, instead they provide crucial, impartial information.

So if we are making determinations on our votes on different types of energy topics would you say your estimates are conservative?

Our letter to the Committee stated independent, scientific analysis of proposed regulations must remain objective and free from political pressure.

The United States and our allies should continue to make clear to the Russian people that we believe that Russia has its rightful place in a united Europe whole and free and at peace.

Russia's unilateral and belligerent efforts are not helpful to the efforts of the unified coalition of 60-plus countries fighting ISIL.

This alignment of terrorists and their state sponsors is alarming.

The United States and its partners should take other steps to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Russia has hidden its true intentions, using the ruse of joining the fight against ISIL to provide a cover for Russia's military intervention.

It is an imperfect bill, but it is a good bill.

So now it is time for Congress to act, and that is why I am so proud that you are having this hearing today.

Now we can't get into an argument here about climate change. It is a loser.

I will not turn one stakeholder against the other, environmentalists against the farmers.

I made a commitment and a pledge that we would not forget our Landless Natives, and we will never forget our Native veterans that have served us so honorably.

What we do in this legislation, and I am pleased that Senator Sullivan is co-sponsoring this with us, is to set a framework to begin the discussions on how to address this.

I think it is important because it has been argued that somehow or other the Landless Natives have not been placed at a disadvantage in terms of a financial equity because of their status at large.