Joe Manchin

I am a little concerned about the approach that the Administration has taken with this--30 by 30 sounds pretty great.

I believe the new Administration has the right and the responsibility to take a pause and evaluate how these energy programs are working.

I believe, as many of my colleagues do, that we need individuals serving in public office that respect the rule of law and our institutions, not those that actively seeking to disrupt our governmental functions and duties.

He made it sound as if he`s prepared to move forward with President Biden, maybe, depending.

He just wants to get things accomplished. He really -- I’m telling you, he’s heart of hearts. He’s all about being fair and move -- move this country forward.

I can assure you there are Republicans working with Democrats who want to make something happen.

This Congress can and should be the Congress that finally takes a step in that direction.

What's the difference between $7.25 an hour and zero?

Not enough people can afford barbecue.

We pay a lot of respect to these people.

I rise in opposition to this amendment by Senator Lee. His amendment would amend the Antiquities Act to prohibit the President from reserving water when designating a national monument. The amendment states that any water rights associated…

We could not even use telehealth in so many parts of our rural state that we had to use telephone, the old telephone, because doctors could not connect with them.

My state of West Virginia has a high percentage of veterans, as you know.

That aligns into the hotspot theme. We put money in for hotspots too. Are you all taking advantage of that?

I think I was asking also with the money that, you know, you all had extra money from the COVID, and we thought that would really help expand that more rapidly.

One solution the VA is offering is to store clinical information and forward it electronically to another site for evaluation, or basically your ATLAS program.

Are we running out? I mean, basically the funding seems to be adequate.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

How in the world could you with the tension we have right now allow a voting bill to restructure the voting of America on a partisan line? I`m not going to be a part of it.

Continue to work with the Republicans exhaust all options before we go this other route.

It would be a heavy lift.

I'm very uncomfortable with a large amount of money to trillions that the President is going to propose tonight.

Methane, as we know, is a terribly powerful greenhouse gas. Its effect on climate change is more than 30 times greater than that of CO2.

Let me close with my belief that we are all entitled to our own opinions, but we are just not entitled to create our own facts to support those opinions.

I am all for innovation, not elimination, and an all-of-the-above energy policy.