'This is not about me:' Manchin pleads with GOP to play ball on permitting reform

[mystery-ak]

'This is not about me:' Manchin pleads with GOP to play ball on permitting reform
by Emily Jacobs, Weekend News Editor
September 26, 2022 01:23 AM

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) appealed to uneasy Senate Republicans on Sunday as he tries to whip GOP support for his permitting reform bill.

Manchin appeared on Fox News Sunday to urge GOP lawmakers wary about working with him to back the legislation, which would fast-track energy projects nationwide, a policy priority for Republicans. Democrats have opposed his permitting efforts in years past as climate change became a legislative and political focus, though a large majority have come around given that it would expedite government contract approvals for infrastructure proposals. Manchin's GOP colleagues have declined to get on board, however, for reasons relating to the bill for some and distrust of the senator for others over his backing of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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"Shannon, this is not about me," he told host Shannon Bream when asked about distrust from Republicans over his legislative deal with Democrats over the summer. "My Republican friends, I've been working for 12 years with them, and I know their number one item that they've had, the number one priority they've had is permitting reform."

"We can't build anything in America. It takes five to ten years. The developed world takes one to three years," he added, defending the legislation itself. "My Republican friends know exactly where we are. This is not about the previous legislation. This is something, a high priority that we have for our country. It's a- it's a time in history."

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[GtHawk]

"My Republican friends, I've been working for 12 years with them, ....AND STABBING THEM IN THE BACK!

[Killer Clouds]

Eat feces Manchin!

[mystery-ak]

When someone states 'This is not about me' you know it is...

[bilo]

This is not about the previous legislation.

It should be!

If there are no consequences for ignoring Pubs when passing a Bill that spends money on things we don't need, or want, raises taxes on our base and hires 87,000 more IRS agents who will then attack our base we can expect more of the same. Pubs need to start making the Rats pay a price for walking all over us. If not what good are they.

[DefiantMassRINO]

I see access to reliable electricity becoming more of a states rights' issue.

States may assert themselves against the Feds to maintain a reliable electric grid capable of supporting economic and population expansion.

If the issue is CO2 emissions, improve CO2 capture technology for coal, oil, and natural gas power generation plants.

But CO2 is not the issue ... first is was gloabl freezing, then global warming, then global climate change, then CO2, then methane, and now Nitrogen fertilizers ... they want to deconstruct moder Western Civilization to the benefit of their Chi-com overlords.

[Smokin Joe]

I see access to reliable electricity becoming more of a states rights' issue.

States may assert themselves against the Feds to maintain a reliable electric grid capable of supporting economic and population expansion.

If the issue is CO2 emissions, improve CO2 capture technology for coal, oil, and natural gas power generation plants.

But CO2 is not the issue ... first is was gloabl freezing, then global warming, then global climate change, then CO2, then methane, and now Nitrogen fertilizers ... they want to deconstruct moder Western Civilization to the benefit of their Chi-com overlords.

And to our detriment. I see it this way. My State is a net energy exporter. Far more oil and gas than we need is produced here, and more electricity, almost 30% of that from wind.  But establish the means for those outside the State (the more removed, and more urban, the greater the danger) to draw on that energy to the point we don't have enough for ourselves, and they will, sooner or later, for "the greater good" or some other bunch of mealy mouthed excuses that will result in people dying of exposure here so someone else can charge their glorified golf cart or keep their home nice and climate controlled.

Heat here in winter is not optional, it is life itself. I have known people here who froze to death. Nothing which enables people elsewhere to 'decide' what we need has proven beneficial, and only rarely has it proven benign.

[240B]

Manchin got played by the Dems like a $10 whore. Now he is seeking redemption. ... uuh NO.

[catfish1957]

Sorry Joe...   your a pariah on both sides now.  Instead of welding any power, you should just be given the senate job of sweeping up dog shit.

[DCPatriot]

I see access to reliable electricity becoming more of a states rights' issue.

States may assert themselves against the Feds to maintain a reliable electric grid capable of supporting economic and population expansion.

If the issue is CO2 emissions, improve CO2 capture technology for coal, oil, and natural gas power generation plants.

But CO2 is not the issue ... first is was gloabl freezing, then global warming, then global climate change, then CO2, then methane, and now Nitrogen fertilizers ... they want to deconstruct moder Western Civilization to the benefit of their Chi-com overlords.

How do we know?  The 'Surrender' papers may have already been signed, witnessed and sealed.

The China Mainland is birthing an American-type 'Industrial Revolution' giving off enough CO2, while the U.S.A. is becoming a petri dish...and ant farm.

In the meantime, the American population is browning rapidly...to the point the DEMS have gone full retard publicly declaring all "MAGA" supporters as fascists AND more recently "HITLERS" (Hillary Clinton)

Every week it becomes more dangerous to be White in the wrong place.

[Fishrrman]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
D.C., you win "the courageous post of the day"... !