Manchin Vows to Block Biden EPA Nominees Over Upcoming Power Plant Rules

(Left) President Joe Biden speaks at Delaware State University in Dover, Del., on Oct. 21, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images); (Right) Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 20, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

As the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares to issue stringent new power plant rules, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), is putting his foot down.

“I fear that this Administration’s commitment to their extreme ideology overshadows their responsibility to ensure long-lasting energy and economic security and I will oppose all EPA nominees until they halt their government overreach,” Manchin said in a May 10 statement.