September 16, 2021
Charleston, WV - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today
announced $1,238,860 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on
Violence Against Women (OVW) to support the West Virginia Department of
Homeland Security’s Justice and Community Services section. This funding was
made available through the OVW’s STOP (Services, Training, Officers,
Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. The ST… Continue Reading
September 16, 2021
— U.S. Senators Joe Manchin
(D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and a
bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to the U.S.
Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting an exception “to allow
the Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to proceed with immediate disinterment
of the American servicemembers who died in the 1945 Tokyo military prison fire
and remain buried as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in
the P… Continue Reading
September 16, 2021
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DC - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced 14 awards totaling
$12,356,197 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Partnerships for
Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) program for
organizations across West Virginia. The POWER program is a congressionally
funded initiative that targets federal resources to help communities and
regions that have been affected by job … Continue Reading
June 21, 2021
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) Shelley Moore
Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced
$394,400 for Boone Memorial Health Services in Danville, West Virginia. This
funding was made available through the Federal Communications Commission’s
(FCC) Connected Care Pilot Program. The Connected Care Pilot Program provides
patient-based, Internet-connected remote monitoring, and video visits for
veterans and low-income patients suffering from chronic or long-term conditions
and mental health conditions. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted
the importance of providing quality, accessible telehealth services to West
Virginians, especially living in rural communities. I have worked with my
bipartisan colleagues on our Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act to
ensure rural and underserved community healthcare providers can continue to
offer telehealth, including audio-only telehealth services after the COVID-19
pandemic ends,” Senator Manchin s… Continue Reading
April 20, 2020
This story of a Better Angel comes
from Morgantown, WV. After learning from his father that many truck drivers are
struggling to find a place to stop and eat on the road due to restaurants
closing, Logan Miller decided to do something about it.He gathered his allowance
with his parents’ blessing and went to the grocery store to stock up on snacks
and bottled water so he could assemble care packages to hand out to truckers.I truly appreciate Logan for
his selfless, outstanding efforts and f… Continue Reading
April 19, 2020
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April 07, 2021
When Americans vote to send their two senators to Washington, they trust that they will work to represent the interests of their state on equal footing with 98 other senators. I have always said, “If I can’t go home and explain it, I can’t vote for it.” And I respect that each of my colleagues has the same responsibility to their constituents.It’s no accident that a state as small as West Virginia has the same number of senators as California or Texas. It goes to the heart of what representative… Continue Reading
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