Joe Manchin

We have to get this bill, and I support the Guard being a full standing member.

I must say that my experience as a Governor, which I think is the greatest honor that I could ever have bestowed upon me as a citizen of the great State of West Virginia is to be Governor of my great State.

the Guard is the only visible part of our Defense Department right now that the citizens of this great country can connect to.

I have the utmost confidence in all of you.

So we are still doing business with the people that we know that are making inferior products that could affect our service people.

Do you not believe if we had an energy policy that used all of our resources that we could be energy independent?

How is gas traded? What's the pricing? I mean, how is gas priced?

Do you believe that the United States could become energy independent with all the new resources that we're finding?

Do you know how much investment from foreign countries that we have right now just in a natural gas play?

It seems to me you get back to the source. If we are writing the specs, who is following up?

Who writes the specs? I mean, does the Government? I am sure we have spec writers. Right?

Why would DOD not have an internal audit asking for this?

This is not rocket science. Basically I do not know if they have had an original idea or brought a product to market that would benefit mankind.

We absolutely do not need to go to China.

It's a shame that this Nation doesn't have an energy policy.

You know we have enough resources, correct?

Would the Department of Energy have the data to give me an answer on that?

Let me ask you hypothetically then. If a country that has an investment needs the product that comes from, let's say the LNG, and they want to start taking it from the United States and shipping and exporting it to their country. Would…

My answer is a resounding yes, might even say it's a hell, yes.

Senator Bennet and I offered a bill to create the Chimney Rock Archeological Area and National Monument.

Just in Montezuma County, Mesa Verde National Park has helped generate around $70 million each year in tourism related revenue.

We're not going to privatize the Marine Corps. We're not going to privatize the National Park Service.

we have had a lot of conversation today. We all agree we need infrastructure. On both sides of the aisle we have had a good conversation. I have said before, a road is not a Democratic or Republican road, a bridge is not a Democratic or…

I just want to applaud Senator Nelson, because I know with his state and the aged population--and he's concerned about Florida.

It's mostly up to the states or states' rights to take this responsibility, and it should be a moral responsibility.