January 15, 2019
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced a Senate resolution that would authorize Senate Legal Counsel to defend Americans with pre-existing conditions against the Republican Attorneys General lawsuit that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health insurance.
"Today, I joined my colleagues in reintroducing this resolution so that the Senate has the opportunity to defend… Continue Reading
January 15, 2019
Charleston, WV - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today released the following statement on the government shutdown.
"Now that the President has taken the national emergency declaration off of the table, it's time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring up the House passed appropriations bills that would finally reopen government. As an equal branch of government we have the authority to override the President's veto, if that's what he chooses to do. It's time for Congress to stop c… Continue Reading
January 08, 2019
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today announced that he will donate the salary he receives during the government shutdown to food banks across West Virginia.
"If Congress cannot do our job, we should not get paid. As a result of this reckless shutdown, 340,000 West Virginians who depend on food stamps will go without that critical assistance. Children will go hungry, pregnant mothers will not get the nutrients they need and our elderly neighbors will not have dinner on the table. This is unacce… Continue Reading
January 04, 2019
A recently introduced piece of legislation - the American Miners Act of 2019 - is aiming to secure the nation's retired miners' pensions and health care.
Introduced by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Mark Warner, D-Va., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., the bill would:
• Amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer funds in excess of the amounts needed to meet existing obligations under the Abandoned Mine Land f… Continue Reading
January 03, 2019
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) issued the following statement on the 13th anniversary of the Sago mine disaster Wednesday.
"It's been 13 years since 12 brave coal miners went to work in the Sago mine and never returned home to their families. I remember that day well as I joined all of West Virginia in grieving with the miners' families. Today and every day, my thoughts are with the loved ones who lost a miner that day. In the months following Sago, we passed historic legislation to improve safet… Continue Reading
January 02, 2019
According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, West Virginia is home to roughly 18,000 federal employees.
In a release Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., criticized the continued shutdown and highlighted how its impacting West Virginians.
"I have always said we should never shutdown the government and governing this way is embarrassing for both Democrats and Republicans," Manchin said. "I am proud that many of these employees will continue to come to work without pay to make sur… Continue Reading
October 17, 2018
As our politics become increasingly polarized it is easy to get discourages about bipartisanship. But as Senators from West Virginia and Alaska we prove there is plenty of common ground where we can work together. Although separated by more than 3,000 miles we share a common concern for the defense and protection of Americans everywhere. With this in mind we have found numerous ways to reach across the aisle and work in the best interests of Alaskans and West Virginians.
In October 2016, Senato… Continue Reading
October 16, 2018
, has become too partisan and there is no better example of that than the topic of health care - a deeply personal, complex issue that affects every single one of us and one-sixth of the American economy. No one believes that the Affordable Care Act is perfect, including us, but both its passage, and the attempts to repeal it, reveal just how broken Washington is.
As our Constitution was being written, legend tells us of a conversation between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in which our… Continue Reading
October 15, 2018
West Virginia is ground zero for the opioid crisis, yet people often drive hundreds of miles to pill mills in other states, including Florida, which was recently the opioid capital of the world. At its height, pill mills in Florida were selling millions of pills a month. Doctors, pharmacies, distributors, drug companies, drug dealers - everyone - was getting rich. But most of the pills weren't only being bought by Floridians.
College kids, addicts and drug dealers took the "Oxy Express," a … Continue Reading
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