Joe Manchin III

Today we are going to continue this Committee's ongoing oversight of the reliability challenges facing our electric grid.

I know my colleague Senator Barrasso has legislation to change that, and I am also working on legislation to address this glaring omission.

Today we are going to continue this Committee's ongoing oversight of the reliability challenges facing our electric grid.

Let me be clear--a requirement to use CCUS with a refusal to issue CCUS permits is a shutdown requirement.

we need coal to maintain grid reliability.

We will need to slow down the retirement or restriction of existing generation until replacement capacity is deployed.

We absolutely need to get permitting reform done for the good of our country.

Now, just as we did with the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, we all need to sit down and negotiate in good faith.

Fundamentally, it includes time limits on NEPA actions, elimination of duplicative reviews, and giving lead federal agencies actual authority to drive the process.

I have been clear that I do not agree with the Administration's effort to push an accelerated climate agenda in a way that puts our transportation sector and some components of our energy sector in the hands of China.

Now, just as we did with the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, we all need to sit down and negotiate in good faith.

For example, it takes decades to permit a new mine. It is a failure, and it is setting us up to rely on countries who are hostile to our way of life.