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Ecolab all about cleaner, safer world | Martinsburg Journal
by John McVey
MARTINSBURG - While touring the Ecolab plant in Martinsburg Thursday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wanted to know what is the local facility's biggest challenge. "Finding enough employees that can work here," Jonathan Gavlinski, plant manager, answered unhesitantly. However, Gavlinski told Manchin that the plant works with Blue Ridge Community and Technological College to train employees. Ecolab helps with tuition and students can get two-year degrees and go on to four-year bachelor … Continue Reading
October 24, 2013
Washington Coal Club honors Manchin | Times West Virginian
by Colleen S. Good
FAIRMONT - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was presented on Wednesday with the Washington Coal Club's 2013 Annual Achievement Award. The award is given to "an individual or individuals who have recently made a meaningful contribution to the health and sustainability of the larger coal community." Manchin currently serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He is also chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining, and serves on the Subcommittee on … Continue Reading
October 18, 2013
Manchin: ‘We have got to get a budget' | WV MetroNews
by Shauna Johnson
WASHINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he is going to do what he can do on Capitol Hill to chart out deficit reduction for the U.S. government as part of a long term budget plan. "We can blame people until the cows come home. We have got to get a budget. We've got to have a downward trajectory," said Manchin on Friday's MetroNews "Talkline." "By 2025 or 2030, our goal should be a balanced budget amendment." This week's agreement to reopen the government and avoid … Continue Reading
October 16, 2013
Manchin Among Senators Who Crafted Compromise To End Shutdown | WCHS
The government shutdown may soon be over as congress has reached a bipartisan deal. The White House is urging quick congressional approval of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the partial government shutdown. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the deal reached by Senate leaders "achieves what's necessary" to reopen the government, remove the threat of default and move past brinksmanship. Carney said the agreement is bipartisan and that President Barack Obama is looking for … Continue Reading
October 16, 2013
Sen. Joe Manchin: Moderates will find a way to end the shutdown | MSNBC
by Jessica Taylor
Moderate lawmakers began to take center stage in the budget impasse as the Senate appeared poised to put together a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling Wednesday-just a day before the Treasury said it would have exhausted its borrowing authority. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Wednesday's The Daily Rundown that a bipartisan group had been working all along toward a solution-even as the most conservative members of the House continued to dig in. The … Continue Reading
October 16, 2013
Sen. Manchin resolved death gratuity issue | Beckley Register Herald
by Letter to the Editor
Editor: As a retired naval officer, having served 30 years, and now as vice president for community development and public affairs at Fisher House Foundation, I was shocked to see your letter from Jack Bowyer. Last Tuesday morning, Sen. Joe Manchin contacted Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher House Foundation, to ask if the Fisher House Foundation would step in and pay the families the death gratuity until the shutdown was resolved. Fisher immediately said yes and the foundation moved forward to make … Continue Reading
October 14, 2013
Scheme in Washington could hurt W.Va. communities, Manchin calls emergency Senate hearing | Bluefield Daily Telegraph
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin called Wednesday for an emergency Senate hearing into reports of a "pay to play" scheme in Washington that could be hurting West Virginia communities by making it easier for doctors to write prescriptions for certain painkillers. Citing a report by Peter Whoriskey of The Washington Post, Manchin said that private pharmaceutical companies paid as much as $25,000 per meeting recently to participate in a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel discussions … Continue Reading
October 14, 2013
Manchin reveals bipartisan plan to reopen the federal government and avoid a default | State Journal
by Erin Timony
On Oct. 14, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. hosted a conference call to discuss the Manchin-Collins bipartisan plan to reopen the federal government and avoid a default. Manchin and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, are part of a group consisting of six Republican and six Democratic senators attempting to avoid a budget default by bringing the budget to a budget conference, which hasn't happened yet. Manchin said Democrats put together a budget that narrowly passed and the next step is a budget … Continue Reading
October 14, 2013
Self-cast group of Senate moderates wants to make a deal from the middle, for the middle | Washington Post
by David A. Fahrenthold and Rosalind S. Helderman
In the past few days, a bipartisan group of 12 senators has come together to push both parties toward a compromise, hoping to re-open the government and raise the national debt ceiling all at once. These 12, led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) , are not the Senate's usual impact players. Five of them are in their first term in office. Three of them are in their first year in office - in a chamber where, traditionally, time turns into power at roughly the … Continue Reading
October 14, 2013
Sen. Joe Manchin: Bipartisan 'Collins plan' to end shutdown has something for everyone | Washington Times
by Tom Howell Jr.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday he supports a plan from Republican Sen. Susan Collins to end the government shutdown and extend the nation's debt limit because it includes something for everyone, including reforms to the new health care law. Mr. Manchin, of West Virginia, said it is "unconscionable" to think Congress is pushing the debate toward Thursday, the Treasury-designated deadline to extent the nation's borrowing authority. "You let this thing start tumbling down, and you're … Continue Reading
October 12, 2013
Real Money Is in Drug Policy | Wheeling Intelligencer
by Mike Myer
Drug pushers can make big money, but for most of them, $25,000 in a single transaction is the stuff of dreams. Maybe they ought to get into a different line of work - holding meetings to discuss how the government can curb drug abuse. It happens. According to a published report, the Food and Drug Administration is working with two academic researchers to develop new rules for prescription painkillers. The researchers set up panel discussions on the subject. Pharmaceutical companies wishing to … Continue Reading
October 12, 2013
Manchin working to end shutdown | Parkersburg News and Sentinel
by Brett Dunlap
WASHINGTON - A U.S. senator from West Virginia who helped put together a compromise plan to get the U.S. government operational and end the federal shutdown is hopeful the plan will be considered by the Senate leadership. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., held a telephone press conference with reporters from the state Monday afternoon to discuss the bipartisan agreement with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and 10 additional senators, equally divided among Democrats and Republicans, resulting from two … Continue Reading
October 10, 2013
Manchin calls for the “craziness” to end | MetroNews
by Jennifer Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says he believes Congress will come together before the October 17th debt ceiling deadline. "I'll go on record. There's not going to be a default," said Manchin. "I believe the adults will start acting like adults and start speaking to each other about adult situations. I really believe that." Manchin may be one of the few in Washington taking a positive outlook on the looming deadline these days. But he said it won't happen unless cooler heads … Continue Reading
October 10, 2013
Blocking anti-coal FERC nominees | Williamson Daily News
Politics may be the art of compromise, but there has been precious little of it from President Barack Obama. That is why West Virginians, Ohioans and others who understand the importance of coal-fired power plants should temper any celebrations of a political defeat the president suffered this week. Obama had nominated Ron Binz, a Coloradan with a strong anti-coal record, to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Binz withdrew his name from consideration last week, after it became … Continue Reading
October 09, 2013
As shutdown continues, charity group Fisher House offers to pick up slack for death benefits for fallen troops' families | CNN
by Jake Tapper
In a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel obtained by CNN, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, shares the news that Fisher House Foundation has stepped in and offered an advance grant to families of the fallen during the government shutdown, "to ensure there is no funding gap during the most difficult of times, with the understanding that reimbursements would be made at an appropriate time." The Pentagon has said it cannot pay death benefits to families of troops killed in Afghanistan. This … Continue Reading
October 06, 2013
Manchin, Kopp defend coal industry | Bluefield Daily Telegraph
by Bill Archer
BECKLEY - Although U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III and Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp were at the Tamarack Conference Center to recognize achievement, they unleashed a no-holds-barred, unbridled salvo on the federal bureaucracy's efforts to hamstring the state's coal industry. "When you look at the source of this state's strength, Marshall University has relied heavily on the coal industry," Kopp said. "Many of the coal miners of our state send their sons and daughters to Marshall … Continue Reading
October 05, 2013
Leaders send letters urging pay for the military | Beckley Register-Herald
by Wendy Holdren
Sen. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, and 48 other bipartisan senators, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, all D-W.Va., sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter Friday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urging that the National Guard and Reserves, and the civilians who support our troops, receive pay during the government shutdown. Even though the "Pay Our Military Act" was quickly signed into law before the government shutdown to make sure all military personnel receive pay, there have been … Continue Reading
September 26, 2013
Sen. Joe Manchin wants Obamacare’s individual mandate delayed | Charleston Daily Mail
by Zack Harold,
Sen. Joe Manchin said he opposes the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, a section of the law requiring all U.S. citizens have health insurance coverage, but would not support a government shut-down to see the mandate abolished or delayed. Manchin's press office released the following statement Thursday afternoon: "I have always opposed the individual mandate, and I continue to have concerns with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the cost and choices West Virginians will … Continue Reading
September 26, 2013
Sen. Joe Manchin wants Obamacare’s individual mandate delayed | Charleston Daily Mail
by Zack Harold
Sen. Joe Manchin said he opposes the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, a section of the law requiring all U.S. citizens have health insurance coverage, but would not support a government shut-down to see the mandate abolished or delayed. Manchin's press office released the following statement Thursday afternoon: "I have always opposed the individual mandate, and I continue to have concerns with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the cost and choices West Virginians will … Continue Reading
September 20, 2013
Manchin: White House position on coal is disappointing | State Journal
by Jim Ross
The fact that the Environmental Protection Agency wants to put sharp restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants is not surprising. But Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said it is disappointing. And he knows who is giving the EPA its orders. "Make no mistake about it. This comes directly from the White House - the president and his staff," Manchin said in an interview with The State Journal. Manchin said he respectfully disagrees with the president's energy policy when … Continue Reading
