Manchin Calls Out Podesta’s Remarks About China Being ‘Big Players’ in US EV Battery Production

Manchin Calls Out Podesta’s Remarks About China Being ‘Big Players’ in US EV Battery Production
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks in a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on July 19, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Ross Muscato
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), the centrist Democrat who has been highly critical of Biden administration energy policy, released a statement on March 10 in which he called “beyond irresponsible” clean energy czar John Podesta’s remarks that day that Chinese companies will be “big players” in U.S. domestic production of EV batteries.

Podesta made the comments at an event that a renewable energy advocacy organization held.