Joe Manchin

For us to kind of stand and look at our shoes in a way and limit our assistance to MREs and blankets when they are being attacked by an aggressor I think is morally indefensible.

I am just worried. Are we not at a critical moment where--I feel like in having listened to--I was at the Munich Security Conference having listened to, for example, the Germans speak about their objections to providing lethal arms.

I stand with West Virginia without question. I look at not only is it a strategic requirement... but I also look at it as a moral imperative.

The Cold War today is colder than the Cold War when we had declared a Cold War.

You survive 1,500 hours, you had to make some decisions.

I don't think--I have to agree with you, I--going backward would not be a way for us to--

Safety is an investment we willingly make, but we need to restore a pathway that makes sense.

Even more disturbing than that is, they put her on a flight where she had known icing conditions, flying in winter weather, and not prepared.

I could apply, with the hours I have.

We must not allow profit motives to undermine our clear obligation to do what is right to ensure public safety.

We have a two-class system in the airline industry.

I find it surprising that there is disagreement--certainly seems commonsensical that one would lose skill over time.

That's tough, because----

Their goal was to strengthen safety rules on behalf of all members of the traveling public.

What makes a difference if it's 1,000 or 1,500 or 500?

These are costs that no family should ever have to bear.

And, to all the family members and those of Flight 3407, thank you for not wavering at all in trying to help us make the skies safer.

I will do everything I can to make sure that funding for one of the most successful conservation programs will not lapse.

In the great State of West Virginia we know the importance of protecting our public lands.

I hope that we can work together and find a solution.

It is a mistake to assume that the only funding options we have are between land acquisition and maintenance.

So you do not pick any one of the programs within your jurisdiction as far as one you are going to that you think has the most return and the most good for the people?

Timber production from these forests are critical to the state's economy, but they are equally important for providing clean water, outdoor recreation, hunting, fishing and many other uses.

Protecting lands like these across the United States should continue to be a priority for Congress which is why I am proud to co-sponsor a bill this Congress to both reauthorize and fully fund this important program.

As you may know, West Virginia is proud to be the third most forested state in the nation.