Joe Manchin

I think they're wrong.

Coal needs to have a place in this energy mix.

I supported the recent Department of Energy grid study and its subsequent proposal by FERC rulemaking.

I have been vocal about ensuring the reliability and resilience of our grid for some years, particularly since the Polar Vortex of 2014.

We are very proud of the energy part that we play in this great nation.

I want to thank Chairman Murkowski. Thank you so much and my dear friend, Ranking Member Cantwell, for allowing me to have this opportunity, but also for this hearing.

Every time they come----

Just because you don't have an answer, we don't either, so, we are all in the same boat here.

Well, if it was made to handle nuclear it should be able to handle about anything.

What do we do with Yucca Mountain? What can we use it for? We own it. We have invested into it.

Everything that we produce that we need, these are all, they produce energy that we need. But for some reason no one has thought about what the after effect and what generation pays the price.

There had to be a time, time past, that someone thought that the geological formation, that it would be a proper place, it would be a safe place and we invested billions and billions of dollars to make that safe.

The prime example of the legacy site continues to pose a long-term risk. How can we manage this?

We don't have any nuclear power stations in West Virginia and we have no nuclear sites for disposal either.

We are going to be using coal for quite some time, not to the extent that we have, but we will use it and we need it, but you have to find different ways of using it.

I will reiterate what Senator Capito said about the storage hub. It is extremely important, not just for my state, but for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, but also for the security of energy for the United States.

It is important to the country, with all due respect, because you are not going to find, I mean, there is still going to be, in my state, we produce an awful lot of fossil which is coal, natural gas.

We can't find these projects and finally be successful unless there is investment, and the DOE has always been a good partner to work with.

The fact of the matter is the Loan Program Office in ARPA-E has been successful and they still are successful, important programs.

It is hard to recruit good people to be involved in public service today.

Does that ever come into a decision or should it come in to the decision-making process?

How do we handle this?

I have told him I am very appreciative of that. I wish it would have gone farther, but I am very appreciative of what we are getting.

That seems unacceptable to me in emergency--for an emergency department.

I would like to hear, with your previous experience at the Department of Justice, can you tell the Members of this Committee your views on the pending reauthorization of the 702 FISA, Section 702 of FISA?