Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., says he would support repeal of a sweeping bill he negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., last year that includes important climate provisions , healthcare and taxes if the Biden administration does it. not change course in the implementation of investments in fossil fuels in the legislation.

During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday night, Manchin noted that $384 billion of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act was earmarked for energy security.

“Now they have totally ignored that, what was agreed upon, and they know exactly what we agreed to,” Manchin said. “This was energy security, and he hasn’t heard the word energy security out of his mouth since it was passed. It’s about the environment.»

Manchin said he would vote to repeal the IRA if the Biden administration continues down that path.

«Let me make it very clear: If this administration doesn’t follow through on what it said it would do, and basically continue to liberalize that … I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening,» Manchin said.

«And if they don’t change, I would vote to strike down my own bill,» he added.

The bill passed in a party-line vote last year, and Manchin’s support for its provisions could prove critical in the narrowly divided Senate.

Manchin’s comments come amid a standoff between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden over a potential US debt default in the coming months. McCarthy published a debt-limit bill last week that he hopes to pass with Republican support, but it’s unclear whether he has the votes for his plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. Democrats have voiced unified opposition to McCarthy’s plan, and several of the 20 far-right conservatives who initially blocked McCarthy from winning the presidency earlier this year have threatened to vote against it this week.

in a opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal Last month, Manchin argued that the Biden administration is «determined to pursue an ideological agenda rather than confront the clear and present danger that debt and deficits pose to our nation.»

«Specifically, they are ignoring the intent of the law to support and expand fossil energy and are redefining ‘home energy’ to increase clean energy spending to levels that could exceed the shortfall,» he added. «The administration is trying all the time to implement the bill it wanted, not the bill that Congress actually passed.»

“I believe the only person who can stop this extremism is Mr. Biden,” Manchin wrote, calling on Biden to sit down with “fiscal-minded Republicans and Democrats to negotiate common-sense reforms to runaway tax policy.” ”

Manchin, who is running for re-election next year but has not formally announced his 2024 plans, reached a major deal with Schumer on the Inflation Reduction Act last year after he unexpectedly reversed his opposition to quickly promote the extensive filibuster-proof bill. The deal represented a breakthrough for parts of Biden’s agenda, including raising taxes on some high-income earners and investing in energy security and climate change.