{"id":1052628,"date":"2021-11-24T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052628"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:59:00","slug":"manchin-urges-biden-to-restore-keystone-xl-pipeline-americans-should-not-depend-on-foreign-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-urges-biden-to-restore-keystone-xl-pipeline-americans-should-not-depend-on-foreign-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Urges Biden to Restore Keystone XL Pipeline: &#039;Americans Should Not Depend on Foreign Actors&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-urges-biden-to-restore-keystone-xl-pipeline-americans-should-not-depend-on-foreign-actors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/congress-budget-paid-family-leave-sen-joe-manchin-va-speaks-reporters-news-conference-capitol-hill-e1637273283570-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urged President Joe Biden to restore the Keystone XL pipeline after the&nbsp;administration released&nbsp;50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/2021\/11\/manchin-statement-on-biden-s-decision-to-release-oil-from-strategic-petroleum-reserve\">wrote<\/a> in a statement. He added that the pipeline would have \u201cprovided our country with up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, one of our closest allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis 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\u2019s future,\u201d Manchin clarified. He was referring to the oil cartel made up of&nbsp;13 nations that had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/08\/16\/report-opec-snubs-biden-rejects-plea-for-more-oil\/\">rejected<\/a> Biden\u2019s plea earlier in the year when he asked for more oil&nbsp;production.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/joe-biden-releases-50-million-barrels-of-oil-from-national-strategic-petroleum-reserve-as-gas-prices-keep-rising\/\">announced<\/a> Tuesday the president would be releasing&nbsp;50 million barrels of oil from the SPR since the \u201coil supply has not kept up with demand as the global economy emerges from the pandemic\u201d and Americans are \u201cfeeling the impact of elevated gas prices at the pump and in their home heating bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, on the same day,&nbsp;Biden\u2019s energy secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/jennifer-granholm-under-fire-for-promoting-proterra-an-electric-vehicle-company-she-served-on-board-of-and-held-stock-in\/\">Jennifer Granholm<\/a> \u2014 who&nbsp;oversees the United States\u2019 energy supply \u2014 did not know how many barrels of oil the U.S. consumes per day when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/joe-bidens-energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-does-not-know-how-many-barrels-of-oil-u-s-uses-per-day\/\">asked<\/a> by a reporter about America\u2019s daily oil consumption&nbsp;during a press conference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">The White House \/ YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Releasing oil from the reserve is only a \u201cBand-Aid\u201d and \u201cdoes not solve for the self-inflicted wound that shortsighted energy policy is having on our nation,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cWith an energy transition underway across the country, it is critical that Washington does not jeopardize America\u2019s energy security in the near term and leave consumers vulnerable to rising prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;February,&nbsp;Manchin&nbsp;reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/582936-manchin-calls-on-biden-to-restore-keystone-xl-pipeline?rl=1\">joined<\/a>&nbsp;Republicans in urging the president to reconsider canceling the pipeline\u2019s permit, claiming pipelines&nbsp;\u201ccontinue to be the safest mode to transport our oil and natural gas resources, and they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs.\u2033<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, as all of the gas prices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/01\/bidenflation-gas-pump-prices-hit-7-year-high\/\">hit<\/a> a seven-year high, and Americans continue to struggle at the pump as Biden has still not found a permanent solution to the rising gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/gop-rebukes-bidens-strategic-petroleum-reserve-sell-off-unserious-political-move-to-distract-from-failed-policies\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cBiden started his presidency by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2020-election\/2021\/01\/19\/bidens-plan-shut-down-keystone-xl-pipeline-sparks-battle-canada-slashes-american-jobs\/\">canceling<\/a>&nbsp;the Keystone Pipeline, halting energy exploration on federal land, and ending America\u2019s energy independence, which was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/03\/exclusive-energy-secretary-dan-brouilette-president-trump-has-made-america-energy-independent\/\">gained<\/a>&nbsp;under former President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report added that the Biden administration \u201chas openly said it will not increase&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/11\/biden-white-house-we-are-not-trying-to-increase-domestic-oil-production-to-lower-gas-prices\/\">domestic oil production<\/a>&nbsp;to help lower gas prices in the United States and, instead, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/08\/16\/report-opec-snubs-biden-rejects-plea-for-more-oil\/\">begged OPEC<\/a>&nbsp;to increase its production abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, despite canceling the permits for the&nbsp;Keystone pipeline, Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/18\/report-joe-biden-will-waive-sanctions-for-russia-pipeline-to-germany\/\">removed<\/a> Trump-era Russia sanctions&nbsp;so that construction of the&nbsp;Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany can be streamlined.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urged President Joe Biden to restore the Keystone XL pipeline after the\u00a0administration released\u00a050 million barrels of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}