Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday for killing the Keystone XL Pipeline, noting that the pipeline was a safer way to transport oil and that he would rather get oil from America’s allies than America’s enemies.

Manchin made the remarks when Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked him about comments Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who said that Biden’s executive orders on climate were a “knee-jerk” move that is “really going to hurt us.”

“Do you agree with Governor Justice or what happened with the climate change executive orders in the Biden administration?” Baier asked.

“Well, at the bottom-line, I disagree, I respectfully disagree with the president and the executive order on doing away with the Keystone pipeline,” Manchin responded. “I’ve seen a train blow up in West Virginia carrying that crude.

I’ve seen tanker cars explode going through towns. It’s much safer in that pipeline than it is coming across the road or the rail. If they think they’re going to stop that product, that’s a heavy crude we need in our refineries.”

“The bottom line is in that, I’m an all-in energy person, Bret, and we have to have energy basically and not depend on foreign energy. So we have to have the heavy crude. I rather it come from Canada than I would from Venezuela,” Manchin continued. “So all of this being said, we’re going to find a pathway forward, but bottom line is, we can do it cleaner. You cannot eliminate your way to a cleaner global environment. You can innovate your way through technology, and that’s what we intend to do.”