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Manchin raises concerns over inflation, climate agenda at Biden lunch

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Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinDemocrats reach deal on .5T price tag for infrastructure bill Key Senate Democrats undecided on Biden’s ATF nominee  On The Money: Inflation spike puts Biden on defensive | Senate Democrats hit spending speed bumps | Larry Summers huddles with WH team MORE (D-W.Va.) said he raised concerns over inflation and the Biden administration’s climate agenda during a lunch meeting with the president on Wednesday where lawmakers discussed their infrastructure plans.

Manchin told reporters after the event that he voiced his worries about rising prices and moving away from carbon-emitting fuel such as coal, an important part of West Virginia’s economy.

“I said I’m concerned about inflation. And I said I want to see more of the details of what’s going on,” he said. “I’m concerned also about maintaining the energy independence the United States of America has and with that you cannot be moving toward eliminating the fossil [fuel.]”

His remarks come a day after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices were up 5.4 percent in June compared to a year ago. Last month’s 0.9 percent increase from May was almost double what economists were expecting.

Manchin said his constituents in West Virginia are getting hit by inflation.

“I’m concerned. In West Virginia — I spoke about that just now — that people are paying much higher gas prices, they’re paying food prices…. Every type of product and goods has gone up considerably,” he told reporters.

Manchin also indicated that he pushed back on the president’s proposals to move the economy away from fossil fuels.

“I told him that I was concerned about some of the language I’d seen to move us away from fossil [fuels]. I said if you move our country away from fossil [fuels] and there won’t be another country that will step to the plate to do the research and development that will fix the emissions that are coming,” he said.

When pressed on whether he said that directly to Biden, Manchin appeared to backtrack and indicated his comments were directed at Senate Democratic leadership.

When asked if Biden singled him out at all during the lunch, Manchin acknowledged the president made reference to him but in a friendly way to make light of the fact that they both share the same first name.

“We have a great relationship,” said Manchin, who added that Biden focused on how his infrastructure plan would help rehabilitate abandoned mining properties in West Virginia and create well-paying jobs in the state.





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