U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
God bless Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. Manchin has taken up the cause of finishing the 94% completed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. Manchin is pushing and he's pushing hard. Yesterday Sen. Manchin said President Biden could, if he wanted to, invoke the Defense Production Act to force the completion of MVP, currently held up by liberal Democrat judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (see 4th Circuit Throws Out Plan for Safer MVP Drilling re Candy Darter). Manchin also hinted that he either will introduce a bill in Congress to clear away remaining permit hurdles for MVP so it can finish. One way or the other Manchin wants this pipeline done in the next 4-6 months.
