i would agree with. to the point is that, no one can hurt joe manchin. joe manchin is joe manchin. he s got his house, his maserati, his coal brokerage, he s the senator, he is joe manchin. this brings me to the next point, heather, this reporting from the washington post is saying that manchin proposed a 1.8 trillion dollar package to the white house. it didn t have the child tax credit because he apparently really doesn t like that. but at this point, my feeling is wondering, the way to call the bluff is to literally give him the pen, you write the bill. and if that s what it takes to get 50, that is what it takes, right? saying it is over is essentially getting everyone off the hook including joe manchin and sinema. if you say, okay fine it s over then they are chilling. i think that you re right that if joe manchin has a
biggest critics say west virginia rely on coal industry and you personally profit from investments in the family coal brokerage you founded, what is your response of that? i hear all of the sinks and i understand where they re coming from. basically the trying to get an agenda they wish to have. the main thing we need is dependability, reliability. if not you ll have what happened in texas and california. notes on what the defense of our country we had a committee hearing on do we have the energy we need to defend our country conflict or were all of these things the reliability and the affordability. as chairman of the natural resources committee working in a bipartisan bill, billions of dollars in clean energy technology. we are doing everything humanly possible were doing more than has ever been done in the past we are continuing
biggest critics say west virginia rely on coal industry and you personally profit from investments in the family coal brokerage you founded, what is your response of that? i hear all of the sinks and i understand where they re coming from. basically the trying to get an agenda they wish to have. the main thing we need is dependability, reliability. if not you ll have what happened in texas and california. notes on what the defense of our country we had a committee hearing on do we have the energy we need to defend our country conflict or were all of these things the reliability and the affordability. as chairman of the natural resources committee working in a bipartisan bill, billions of dollars in clean energy technology. we are doing everything humanly possible were doing more than has ever been done in the past we are continuing
emissions linked to climate change, is currently ranked the top congressional recipient of campaign donations from the coal, mining, and informational fuel industry. manchin personal event in a coal brokerage company is valued between $1 million and $5 million. will you be okay knowing that west virginia could continue to get hit by severe flooding because we as a country failed to curb greenhouse gases? i think the premise is filled with malarkey. i really do. now, again, we re sensitive to the fact that if we re contributing towards climate change, but you can t blame every undesirable weather event on west virginia coal. we don t have serious droughts here. we don t have serious fires here. you do. we have a little flooding. the governor ordered a state of emergency because there were multiple counties going through droughts, and almost every county in west virginia has seen massive flooding.
connie richards lifeline to everyday life including medical care. you keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing. reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again we need to get rid of coal, what would you say? let it flood again. reporter: in the second largest coal-producing state in the nation climate change is an issue. senator manchin blocking the legislation that would curb green house emissions linked to climate change is currently ranked the top recipient of donations from the coal mining and fossil fuel industry. manchin s personal investment in a coal brokerage company he founded and later put in a blind