Biden pushes Congress to pass Manchin permitting reform bill opposed by liberals
by Jeremy Beaman, Energy and Environment Reporter |
December 15, 2022 09:25 AM
President Joe Biden gave his full backing to Sen. Joe Manchin's permitting reform effort, which has failed to pass multiple times over the last few months due to opposition from many liberal Democrats, as well as Republicans.
Biden framed Manchin's bill, meant to speed up the environmental review and permitting of energy infrastructure and to put a fence around litigation against such projects, as a means to continue reducing inflation.
"Today, far too many projects face delays — keeping us from generating critical, cost-saving energy needed by families and businesses across America," Biden said in a statement. "That’s an impediment to our economic growth, for creating new jobs, and for lessening our reliance on foreign imports."
"I support Senator Manchin’s permitting reform proposal as a way to cut Americans’ energy bills, promote US energy security, and boost our ability to get energy projects built and connected to the grid," he said. Biden has been urging Congress to pass permitting reform in recent weeks.
Manchin failed at least two attempts to pass his permitting bill, which he sought to do by tacking it onto must-pass legislation, despite support for the bill from Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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