{"id":1985265,"date":"2023-07-28T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-takes-victory-lap-after-supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline-ruling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:03:19","slug":"manchin-takes-victory-lap-after-supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-takes-victory-lap-after-supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin celebrates Supreme Court win on Mountain Valley Pipeline."},"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\">18<\/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-takes-victory-lap-after-supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline-ruling%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=1985265&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--><h2>Sen. Joe Manchin Celebrates \u200bResumption of Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. \u2064Joe Manchin \u200b(D-WV) expressed his excitement on Friday as construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline resumed. This comes after the\u2064 Supreme Court lifted judicial stays that had previously halted the project&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The high court\u200b stated in a Thursday order \u2062that the stays\u2063 issued by the Fourth Circuit\u200c Court of\u2063 Appeals violated the\u2062 text of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-student-loan-repayment-plan-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"Key details about Joe Biden's student loan repayment plan.\">debt ceiling bill signed<\/a> by President Joe Biden in June. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-takes-victory-lap-after-supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline-ruling\/\" title=\"Manchin celebrates Supreme Court win on Mountain Valley Pipeline.\">bill included language specifically protecting<\/a> the \u200bMountain \u200dValley Pipeline \u200bfrom\u2063 further\u2064 legal \u200dchallenges. Despite opposition from Sen. Tim Kaine (D), Manchin used his influence as a\u200d key swing vote in the Senate to\u200b ensure these protections were included in the must-pass legislation to avoid a debt default.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I fought to ensure that language to\u200b complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline was included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act \u200cin June,&#8221; Manchin proudly declared in a statement\u2063 on\u2062 Friday. &#8220;Congress passed that law, the President signed it, and now\u2062 the \u200bSupreme Court of \u200cthe United States has spoken with one voice to uphold it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, who serves as the chairman \u2062of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, continued, &#8220;Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline will now \u200dresume, creating 4,500 jobs by the end of August. This is a great day for American energy\u2063 security and an even greater day for\u2063 the state of West Virginia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas project spanning over \u200b300 miles between \u200dnorthwest West Virginia and southern Virginia, has been a cause close to Manchin&#8217;s heart. Once fully operational, it is expected \u200bto have a capacity of 2 billion\u2063 cubic \u200cfeet\u2064 per day. While over \u206394% of\u200d the\u2063 project has \u200balready been completed, it has faced numerous\u200b legal\u2062 and permitting setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>The debt ceiling legislation directed \u200dthe United States Army Corps of Engineers\u200d to authorize the pipeline&#8217;s \u2062completion. By moving jurisdiction of the project out of the Fourth Circuit, \u2064a court that has consistently \u2063opposed the Mountain Valley Pipeline,\u2064 the act aimed to expedite its progress.\u200d However, the court was still able to grant a temporary construction stay in response to a motion from the Southern Environmental Law Center challenging the Manchin provision.<\/p>\n<p>The matter eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ultimately ruled in favor of the pipeline developers. Manchin even filed an amicus curiae brief with the\u2063 high court in support of the project.<\/p>\n<p>While Sen.\u200b Tim Kaine expressed his belief in the need for an administrative process, he objected to the provision in the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-to-de-weaponize-manchin-chides-schumer-for-hammering-republicans-after-debt-ceiling-vote\/\" title=\"\u2018We Have To De-Weaponize\u2019: Manchin Chides Schumer For Hammering Republicans After Debt Ceiling Vote\">debt ceiling deal<\/a> that exempted the Mountain \u2062Valley Pipeline from normal permitting processes and stripped jurisdiction away from the Fourth Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin was not alone in his support for including the Mountain\u200c Valley Pipeline in the debt ceiling deal. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), also a member of the Energy and Natural \u2064Resources\u2062 Committee, stated, &#8220;This pipeline\u200b has been worked through multiple decades and multiple iterations\u200b of \u2064processes. Yes, \u2063I think it belongs in this bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to matters \u200bthat enhance the country&#8217;s security, including economic\u200d and energy \u200bsecurity, Murkowski believes the Mountain Valley Pipeline is\u2063 a project that contributes to those goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to\u2062 read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p><em>Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) praised the restart of the Mountain Valley Pipeline construction after the Supreme Court lifted the judicial stays. 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