Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., blasted President Joe Biden’s energy and gas leasing policies, saying they “put America’s energy security at risk.”

Manchin, chairman of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, made his comments Thursday during a hearing on the Interior Department’s  fiscal 2023 budget request, according to The Hill.

Manchin pointed to the administration’s reference to that industry’s 9,0000 unused leases in its attempt to explain the energy crisis.

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