Joe Manchin

Well, you've sat on both sides of the aisle. The only thing that seems to be bipartisan here today is spending money.

You do think it's a threat? It's not in this assessment.

The people really do appreciate it and we appreciate the service you're giving.

I think that's the most existential threat that we face.

The American people are smart people. They realize that there's people attempting to manipulate them, both domestic and foreign.

I would respectfully disagree with my good friend from Virginia that we are no better prepared to handle the Russians' onslaught in 2018 than we were in 2016.

Not only has the engine plant become a success, it has become a model for Toyota manufacturing.

It is an issue that, I think, has finally registered an appropriate level of attention within the government.

We're not buying any of it.

I want to thank the Committee for hosting this hearing.

Let me thank all of you as a panel, because you have been extremely informative and very professional.

Not when we had an Administration that tried to shut us down completely eight years ago.

Well right now, as most of your products that you use, as far as your product you manufacture, does that come from China?

I think what I am asking is are you all concerned about your supply chain because of our trade differences...

We can produce and we are working on that, 45,000 tons per year. Forty-five thousand tons per year of rare earth elements just from the waste in the mining of what we do for the country.

We do not produce one ounce anymore. We are relying on another foreign country to produce where you all want to go.

China's monopoly in this space is concerning, extremely concerning, to me from both the economic and national security perspectives.

But the fact is, if you want 24/7 reliability, you have to go with baseload.

We are an all-in energy state. Water, hydro, solar, wind, we love it all.

I want to remind everybody that 76 percent of all the electricity produced in America comes from coal and natural gas, and West Virginia is proud to produce 76 percent of your energy.

We do not move without you. We are very proud to be here, and I look forward to participating until they call us and make us go back to the Hill.

Their contribution to West Virginia's economy is vital.

Without West Virginia labor, it would not move.

I am happy to see Toyota represented on the panel.

Yes, I am not worried about oil.