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Congresswoman Miller Discuss Mountain Valley Pipeline with Congressional Western Caucus, Equitrans CEO

March 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Thomas Karam, CEO of Equitrans Midstream on the Congressional Western Caucus Podcast to discuss the importance of completing the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
 
During the podcast, they discussed how the Biden Administration's anti-energy agenda has caused the energy crisis in the United States and what the Republican-led House of Representatives can do to fix this issue.

Click here(link is external) for the full podcast episode.
 
Highlights:
 

On the question of how the Biden Administration and the federal government have harmed energy production in West Virginia:
 
“The Biden Administration has been claiming they’re pro energy, but since day one of Joe Biden’s presidency, we’ve seen the opposite. Unfortunately, this is just the extension of flawed policies that have continued from the Obama Administration.”
 
“President Obama stopped so much energy production in my state, especially in mining. So many people lost their jobs after a lifetime of powering our country”
 
“The most famous example of permitting problems in West Virginia is the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This pipeline has seen a decade of struggle with permitting issues through my state and Virginia.”
 
“While permitting reform will help speed up the process, the other challenge we have is the radical, left-wing courts [like the 4th circuit court of appeals] that refuse to acknowledge a successfully permitted project and allow environmental activists to drive up energy costs for our constituents for years and years.”
 
“One of the biggest problems I have with the Biden Administration’s take on permitting reform is that they’re stopping progress “in the name of climate change.”
 
“The reality is, if the United States doesn't produce energy, someone else will – taking away American jobs and American domestic energy production.”
 
“The United States produces energy cleaner, more efficiently, and safer than anywhere else in the world.  When we produce energy here, domestic energy costs get lowered and the ability to export energy to our allies’ increases.”


 
On the question of how the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline impacts West Virginians and Americans across the nation:
 
“Domestic energy production means more jobs for Americans, which automatically stimulates the economy.”
 
“The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a great example. It is 94% of the way to be completed and once it is, gas will be turned on in a matter of months, sending natural gas to the Carolinas and immediately lowering energy costs for Americans nationwide & bringing in millions in revenue for West Virginia.”
 
“This pipeline would sustain about 5,800 jobs and $5.9 billion in economic activity in West Virginia and Virginia.”

 

On the question of what H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, means for the economy, American families, and the future of American energy production:
 
“H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act seeks to increase domestic production, reform the permitting process, reverse Biden’s anti-energy agenda, streamline energy exports, and boost production & processing of domestic critical minerals.”
 
“Let me be clear: this is a great bill. My amendment just takes it a step further and ensures the Mountain Valley Pipeline, among other projects get finished which is so important to my constituents and the rest of the United States.”

 
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