Category: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Manchin Presses Energy Secretary Over Changes to EV Tax Credit Policy

April 20, 2023
congressDepartment of EnergyExecutive BranchJoe ManchinPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsSecretary of Energy Jennifer GranholmSenateSenate Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeUSUS News
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) grilled Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday over the Biden administration’s “liberalization” of the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit embedded in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, warned Granholm at a hearing that the administration’s lax interpretation of the IRA would “bust…

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Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse

October 20, 2022
House Energy and Commerce CommitteePoliticspresident joe bidenRep. Cathy McMorris RodgersRep. Frank PalloneSen. Joe ManchinSen. John BarrassoSenate Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeStrategic Petroleum ReserveUSUS News
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President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices. That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief…

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