.Sen_JoeManchin takes victory lap after Supreme Court Mountain Valley Pipeline ruling: 'This is a great day for American energy security and even a greater day for the state of West Virginia.”
The high court wrote in a Thursday order that the two stays issued by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month violated the text of the debt ceiling bill signed by President Joe Biden in June, which included language protecting the project from further legal challenges. Manchin used his influence as a key swing vote in the Senate to ensure the protections were included in the must-pass legislation to avert a debt default, despite staunch opposition from Sen.
The West Virginia senator has long championed the natural gas project, which stretches for over 300 miles between northwest West Virginia and southern Virginia to move gas. Once fully operational, the pipeline is expected to have a capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day. Over 94% of the project has been completed already, but it has been bogged down in litigation and permitting setbacks.
The issue then made its way to the Supreme Court, which sided with the developers of the pipeline on Thursday. Manchin filed an amicus curiae brief with the high court on behalf of developers in the matter.
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