Joe Manchin Loses It On Biden Appointee – The Senator Tells Energy Chairman Glick “Just Do Your Damn Job”

Along with a few of his Democrat colleagues. Manchin is calling for action in regards to American pipelines. We need to start drilling again if we wish to restore balance to the teetering energy market.

That’s why he has little patience for delays, and that’s unfortunately what the government is running into.

So, while Americans are paying well upwards of $4/gallon for gas (approaching $5 in some states), pipelines we desperately need are sitting dormant. And partly because of withheld permits.

Regarding this frustrating situation, Sen. Manchin had some choice words for one of President Biden’s appointees.

Via The Daily Wire:

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick, a Biden appointee, during remarks late last week over stalled pipeline permits which come as Americans are experiencing surging energy costs.

Manchin is the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, so he has the authority to call out people like Glick.

According to Fox News, the Senator “questioned the regulators over their policy decisions while pressing them to allow certain stalled projects to move forward.”

These “stalled projects” are already hurting Americans, but Chairman Glick tried to defend his agency’s decision to withhold permits. He claimed the delays were because he wanted it “done right the first time.”

But Manchin isn’t buying this excuse:

Shame on all of you. …we’ve been down this road before, but they’re throwing so many more obstacles, you’re way outside his wheelhouse, and he knows how I feel about that.

And when a reporter said Glick was worried about moving too fast, Manchin retorted:

Red tape is hardly anything new on Capitol Hill, and people realize that everything takes about three times longer than it probably should. In the eyes of most citizens, that’s just part for the course.