Biden Backs Adding Manchin Energy Bill to Must-Pass Defense Measure
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President Joe Biden
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The White House says it supports an effort to attach previously stalled legislation to fast-track energy projects backed by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin onto a must-pass defense bill.
“The president believes we should pass the defensive authorization bill, and that the permitting bill should be included in that legislation, so that is something that we support from here,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday.