Joe Manchin

I was frankly surprised by your answer, Director Clapper.

If I can meet with someone in the Department of Energy to see basically what you are doing on that end of it which is the downstream end.

I thought it was a very clear question.

One final question, in Afghanistan they have told us that there has been tremendous deposits of natural resources that have been discovered. Why is it that China is the only country that's able to extract that, and do it in such a…

The President of the United States has said that Qadhafi must go. He said all options are on the table to achieve that goal.

I rise today to express my deep concerns with the two widely divergent proposals for a continuing resolution that will be presented to us here today. Now, I may be just a freshman Senator, but I will be blunt--this whole process does not…

I want an even better world for my children and grandchildren.

Last year Senator Murkowski and I introduced a bill to authorize a small modular demonstration program at the Department

the Federal Government has not kept that promise.

With that being said, you know, we have some concerns.

I want to reverse these trends.

How do we allow people to live with the dignity and respect and the pride that each and every person deserves in the confines of their home--own homes, with assistance?

I don't think there's a person I know in the Senate, or probably in Congress, who doesn't want to help.

I represent the State of West Virginia. We have the second largest per capita basis, as far as seniors, in the United States, next to Florida.

So, you recommend an elder abuse number.

I'm sure that you'll pass this bill. It is so badly needed in our great United States of America.

Well, the Chairman's bill does that. I mean, the--he's running on the right track.

It looks like money is not going to win this war.

We send our men and women to war on multiple deployments and give them medications to keep them awake, to help them sleep, and to help ease the physical and psychological pain of being in a stressful environment.

It is essential that President Obama holds to his decision to set July 2011 as the date for the beginning of reductions in U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Secretary Gates told this committee a few weeks ago that he supported the decision to set the July 2011 date because it was necessary to 'grab the attention of the Afghan leadership and bring a sense of urgency to them of the need for them…

I just returned from Afghanistan and Pakistan. I can't tell you how impressed I was at the quality of people that we have--our men and women, all of you who are leading them, and the job they are doing.

Admiral Mullen said at the same hearing that the July 2011 date 'has given the Afghans a sense of urgency that they didn't have before the decision was made.'

Do you believe that al Qaeda still poses a threat to the United States of America?

So, basically, we have an ally who truly is not acting as an ally.