Manchin Won’t Back Biden’s Interior Department Pick

Manchin Won’t Back Biden’s Interior Department Pick
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, presides over a hearing in Washington on Feb. 16, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said on March 10 that he will not advance Laura Daniel-Davis’ nomination to be the assistant secretary for lands and minerals management at the Interior Department.

Manchin made the announcement in an op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle, where he stated he would not be advancing Daniel-Davis’ nomination due to her decision not to reduce fees for firms that extract oil and gas on federal land. She made her decision citing concerns about climate change.
Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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Savannah Pointer is a politics reporter for The Epoch Times. She can be reached at [email protected]
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