MANCHIN BREAKS RANKS TO SCHOOL BIDEN ON BENEFITS OF ENERGY INDUSTRY

February 12, 2021 in News by RBN Staff

 

Source: The Empowerment Alliance

JOE MANCHIN LETTER TO BIDEN URGES PRESIDENT TO REVERSE HIS ATROCIOUS ENERGY POLICIES 

AS CHAIR OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, MANCHIN SEEMS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin seems to be doubling down on his plans to fight President Biden’s destructive executive order ending the Keystone Pipeline XL. The Democrat is breaking with his party yet again to call on the President to make decisions and enact policies that will bolster the natural gas industry, not eradicate it.

In a letter sent to the White House on Wednesday, Sen. Manchin educates the President on the 1.5 million hardworking Americans that will see their jobs impacted, the everyday costs that struggling Americans will see skyrocket, and the reliance on foreign governments that we will all experience should the President stick with his inept policies on natural gas.

“As we rebuild and strengthen our economy, I continue to support bringing those supply chains and manufacturing back home to the United States, expanding the domestic jobs supported by our abundant natural gas and reducing our reliance on China,” Senator Manchin writes.

Senator Manchin also highlights the vital role that natural gas plays in the very products that we are scrambling to produce on a daily basis to try and combat Covid-19 and protect our frontline workers.

“In addition, raw and refined natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) serve as feedstocks for the chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials that are in nearly everything we use, including PPE, disinfectants, and other medical equipment,” Manchin writes.

“It’s very telling, with regard to the leadership abilities of President Biden, when a member of his own party has to educate him on the exhaustive and far-reaching benefits of a pivotal American industry that he is seeking to destroy just days into his Presidency. The Empowerment Alliance applauds Senator Joe Manchin for speaking up to protect American jobs and our national security interests. Let’s hope President Biden isn’t too busy seeing green to listen.”

– Ian Prior, Spokesperson for The Empowerment Alliance

Read the full letter HERE.

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About The Empowerment Alliance 

The Empowerment Alliance (TEA) will harness the power of American ingenuity, the tenets of our free market system, and the abundance of our nation’s natural gas supply to forge a more realistic, rational, and effective approach to energy consumption and environmental conservation than the risky tax scheme known as the “Green New Deal.” The Empowerment Alliance’s common-sense approach will engage the American people in an open and honest dialogue about the best way to re-establish the United States as a global energy superpower. It’s time to safely and smartly control our destinies and reassume our rightful position as a beacon for the world. TEA is a 501c4.

To learn more about The Empowerment Alliance visit our website at https://empoweringamerica.org/.