Manchin says OPEC+ decision to cut oil production shows US must emphasize 'energy independence and security' - Fox Business
needs to invest more in its own resources, a week after his energy permitting reform bill stalled in the Senate.
"Today’s announcement from OPEC+ confirms why the United States must be energy independent and energy secure so we cannot be intimidated by foreign adversaries," Manchin, D-W.Va.,told Fox News Digital.MANCHIN'S ENERGY PERMITTING PROPOSAL STRIPPED FROM FUNDING BILL AFTER GOP, PROGRESSIVE OPPOSITION.Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has clashed with Biden administration officials on energy policy in recent months.
Manchin made a deal last month with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to vote for Democrats' social spending and taxation bill in exchange for Schumer bringing energy permitting reform for a Senate vote.They intended to attach a permitting reform proposal from Manchin to a "continuing resolution" to temporarily fund the government until after the elections. .
Manchin says he will continue to seek ways to pass permitting reform, and some senators believe the chamber could use the upcoming defense funding bill as a vehicle to do so. .The permitting reform bill isn't the only major energy issue Manchin has taken up in recent months — and he's often been willing to criticize President Biden when other Democrats aren't. "We can’t take this seriously enough," Manchin said at a March hearing featuring members of the Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionDays later at an energy conference in Houston, Manchin lit into Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick for allegedly slow-walking energy pipelines, demanding that Glick, "do your damn job."