Manchin calls on Biden to restore Keystone XL pipeline

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Amid rampant inflation and rising gas prices, Senator Joe Manchin is calling on Biden to restore the Keystone XL pipeline.

“I 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 which would have provided our country with up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, one of our closest allies,” said Manchin in a statement.

“To be clear, this 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’s future,” he continued, referring to the group of major oil-producing countries.

Biden revoked a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline as part of his first wave of actions as president back in January. In February, Manchin reportedly called on Biden to rethink the cancellation, arguing that pipelines across the country “continue to be the safest mode to transport our oil and natural gas resources, and they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs.”