Manchin noted that his decision — which effectively kills President Biden's nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis to serve as DOI's assistant secretary for land and minerals management — came in response to an internal agency memo that was leaked last week. The memo showed that Daniel-Davis, who holds a lower position at DOI, signed off on an explicit decision to prioritize climate policies over energy security.
'I cannot, in good conscience, support her or anyone else who will play partisan politics,' Manchin wrote Friday
'I cannot, in good conscience, support her or anyone else who will play partisan politics,' Manchin wrote Friday