Restore Keystone Pipeline And Oil Production
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is calling on President Biden to restore the Keystone XL pipeline as gas prices across the country rise.
"I continue to call on President Biden to responsibly increase energy production here at home and to reverse course to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built which would have provided our country with up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, one of our closest allies," Manchin said in a Tuesday statement.
"To be clear, this is about American energy independence and the fact that hard-working Americans should not depend on foreign actors, like OPEC+, for our energy security and instead focus on the real challenges facing our country's future," he added, referring to the group of major oil-producing countries.
Manchin's call for action came shortly after the Biden administration announced a plan on Tuesday to release 50 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to curb rising gas prices, the news outlet noted.
In February, Manchin reportedly sided with Republicans who urged Biden to rethink canceling a permit for the pipeline, arguing that pipelines across the country "continue to be the safest mode to transport our oil and natural gas resources, and they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs.″
Manchin also addressed the issue of inflation in the country last week, mentioning his belief that the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, which was recently passed by the House and will be taken up in the Senate, would not help lower prices.
“The cost they see every day. And every day they go to fill up is a dollar and a quarter more a gallon,” he said of rising gas prices at the time. “Three twenty-nine, $3.39.”
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“A gallon of milk is now $4 in many places. It’s taking a toll. And I hear it when I go to the grocery store or if I go to the gas station. They say, ‘Are you as mad as I am?’ and I say, ‘Absolutely,’ ” Manchin continued.
The annual inflation rate in the US accelerated to 7.5% in January of 2022, the highest since February of 1982 and well above market forecasts of 7.3%, as soaring energy costs, labour shortages, and supply disruptions coupled with strong demand weigh.
Biden has expressed his views on ending American dependence on fossil fuel. Because he is influenced by the left wing radicals, namely the Squad, Bernie Sanders. He is trying to be like FDR to become known as the creator of the New Green Deal to become famous, but he doesn't have the stamina, personality and youth to make this work and America is not ready to immediately switch to all Green technology.
We also immediately have to halt Russian imports of over 800,000 barrels of oil per month. The money that Biden gives them is financing the invasion of Ukraine. Why is congress allowing this to happen??? We were energy independent when Trump was our real president. We need the pipeline and ALL oil production back on line NOW.
"I continue to call on President Biden to responsibly increase energy production here at home and to reverse course to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built which would have provided our country with up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, one of our closest allies," Manchin said in a Tuesday statement.
"To be clear, this is about American energy independence and the fact that hard-working Americans should not depend on foreign actors, like OPEC+, for our energy security and instead focus on the real challenges facing our country's future," he added, referring to the group of major oil-producing countries.
Manchin's call for action came shortly after the Biden administration announced a plan on Tuesday to release 50 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to curb rising gas prices, the news outlet noted.
In February, Manchin reportedly sided with Republicans who urged Biden to rethink canceling a permit for the pipeline, arguing that pipelines across the country "continue to be the safest mode to transport our oil and natural gas resources, and they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs.″
Manchin also addressed the issue of inflation in the country last week, mentioning his belief that the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, which was recently passed by the House and will be taken up in the Senate, would not help lower prices.
“The cost they see every day. And every day they go to fill up is a dollar and a quarter more a gallon,” he said of rising gas prices at the time. “Three twenty-nine, $3.39.”
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“A gallon of milk is now $4 in many places. It’s taking a toll. And I hear it when I go to the grocery store or if I go to the gas station. They say, ‘Are you as mad as I am?’ and I say, ‘Absolutely,’ ” Manchin continued.
The annual inflation rate in the US accelerated to 7.5% in January of 2022, the highest since February of 1982 and well above market forecasts of 7.3%, as soaring energy costs, labour shortages, and supply disruptions coupled with strong demand weigh.
Biden has expressed his views on ending American dependence on fossil fuel. Because he is influenced by the left wing radicals, namely the Squad, Bernie Sanders. He is trying to be like FDR to become known as the creator of the New Green Deal to become famous, but he doesn't have the stamina, personality and youth to make this work and America is not ready to immediately switch to all Green technology.
We also immediately have to halt Russian imports of over 800,000 barrels of oil per month. The money that Biden gives them is financing the invasion of Ukraine. Why is congress allowing this to happen??? We were energy independent when Trump was our real president. We need the pipeline and ALL oil production back on line NOW.
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