Joe Manchin

I think if -- Margaret, let me just say, if I can say this to you. They know how independent I am.

Security is the name of the game, and then you can have...

I serve in an independent voice, not a political party. What is clearer now than ever is, party politics is paralyzing our ability to unite.

There has to be a legal pathway forward. That's all we've been talking about.

the border is -- we have a crisis at the border. Everyone can see that. I think everyone realizes that something has to be done.

I think the gentleman is -- is very competent. He can do a good job. They just need to unleash him. Let him do his job.

If we don't do something on permitting reform, then the pipelines that we need to carry the energy that we demand... won't be done in time, and that money will be stranded.

I'm not going to be relying on other parts of the world or other countries to delivering energy for what we need for our economy and our defense of our country.

We have to embrace... more investments into the cleaner technologies.

The border is -- we have a crisis at the border. Everyone can see that.

We need people that want to come here for the right reason to provide for their family a better quality of life.

The president needs to use every bit of power he has as an executive to find a way or ask for an extension.

It's a shame that we've come to this gridlock.

It is a bipartisan energy security. You cannot be the superpower of the world if you don't have energy independence.

I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to David Rosner--he is a FERC detailee with my staff on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources--effective immediately through the end of Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I rise to talk about my dear friend Pat Toomey. My dear friend from Maine mentioned what we worked on. We worked on many pieces of legislation together, and Pat was always a stalwart. As far as when it came to financial matters, I think…

I need to respond to that. I wasn't intending to do so, but I want to clarify that, and I would hope my good friend would listen to my clarification because it is in the bill. And either someone maybe had not informed you, sir, but…

I am here today to speak about a very important piece of legislation we have coming before us, and we have an amendment to that legislation. The legislation, of course, is the National Defense Authorization Act. This piece of legislation…

Why on earth would I do that and reminded me the political power he has in his position.

I rise today to talk about how the current process that we are in right now with the energy challenges we have, not just in our country but around the world, and how the committee process, the committee process that we are working on, can…

This is a mammoth piece of legislation. And I had my reservations from the beginning. When I heard about it five and a half months ago, the inflation that I was concerned about, it`s not transitory, it`s real, it`s harming every West…

Everything we're doing is reducing the cost of individuals are burdened with and how they say that's not going to help inflation, I have no idea.

Well, can`t we all do something great? Are you afraid --

Well, we did have a nice conversation and we`re changing papers back and forth to make sure we understand everything she understands where we`re coming from.

Do you like America? Do you want us to succeed as a country? Do you want to fight inflation? This bill does it.