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 Commission

Days 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."