“The Mountain Valley Pipeline is vital to the survival of American energy independence and affects thousands of jobs in West Virginia — its completion is also critical to our national security, the urgent need is for it to be completed as soon as possible,” Morrisey said.
The brief urges the Supreme Court to uphold the crystal-clear intent of the Act.
“It’s well within Congress’s power to approve the permits and direct all the challenges to the Act to the D.C. Circuit,” Morrisey said. “Non-completion denies West Virginia the plethora of much needed economic benefits.”