Press Releases
Manchin Visits Institute to Celebrate Startup of US Methanol's First Manufacturing Facility in West Virginia
Institute, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) visited Institute to celebrate the completion and successful startup of US Methanol’s first manufacturing facility in West Virginia. With an investment of more than $250 million and the initial creation of 54 jobs, the site is poised to provide 200,000 metric tons of the material annually to customers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Senator Manchin joined education and business leaders, US Methanol company executives and … Continue Reading
April 24, 2023
Manchin Announces $939K for Fish Conservation, River Restoration in Pocahontas County
Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $939,500 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Fish Passage Program for the Upper Greenbrier River Watershed in Pocahontas County. The funding is made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will support restoring the river and protecting its fish habitats. “West Virginia … Continue Reading
April 21, 2023
Manchin Announces $2.4 Million for Hampshire County Water Infrastructure Upgrades
Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a grant of $865,000 and a loan of $1,554,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program for the town of Romney. This funding will support upgrading water distribution and treatment systems to provide safe drinking water for residents across Hampshire County. “Investing in our communities spurs economic development and creates … Continue Reading
April 21, 2023
ICYMI: Outdoor Industry Association Awards Manchin Friend of the Industry Award
Charleston, WV – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was recently awarded the Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) Friend of the Industry Award. The Friend of the Outdoor Industry Award is awarded to members of Congress in recognition of their legislative leadership on outdoor recreation issues, protecting public lands and waterways, and supporting the $862 … Continue Reading
April 20, 2023
Manchin Presses Granholm on Administration’s Botched Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the President’s budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal year 2024. During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, discussed the urgent need for comprehensive energy permitting reform, energy security, fiscal responsibility, and stressed to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm the need to implement the Inflation Reduction … Continue Reading
April 20, 2023
Manchin Statement on House Republican Debt Limit Proposal
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the debt limit proposal announced by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republicans in the House of Representatives. “America is facing a historic economic crisis brought on by an abject failure to address our exploding national debt, chronic inflation, a looming recession, and the more immediate need to raise the debt ceiling. Our elected leaders must stop with the political games, work together and … Continue Reading
April 19, 2023
Manchin Votes to Block Illegal VA Abortion Rule
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, cosponsored and voted in favor of a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA healthcare system. This morning, Senator Manchin held a press conference with his fellow cosponsors, Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and … Continue Reading
April 19, 2023
Manchin Chairs Cybersecurity Subcommittee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, led the second Cybersecurity Subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress. Senator Manchin questioned artificial intelligence experts Dr. Josh Lospinoso, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift5, Dr. Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer of the RAND Cooperation and Commissioner of the … Continue Reading
April 19, 2023
Manchin Questions FDA Commissioner on his Complicity in the Drug Epidemic
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf, on his continued complicity in the drug epidemic for using flawed opioid trial methodology and allowing disproportionate pharmaceutical influence on agency decision-making. On the influence of IMMPACT in Advisory Committee meetings:“The FDA is holding an Advisory Committee meeting on opioids … Continue Reading
April 18, 2023
Manchin Announces Permitting Reform Work Period to Find Path Forward and Ensure American Energy Security
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced his committee agenda for the April-May work period. Each hearing will share a common focus on the urgent need for comprehensive energy permitting reform, energy security and fiscal responsibility.“Our permitting process is broken, and although political agendas got in the way of passing comprehensive reform last Congress, I have not stopped fighting … Continue Reading
April 18, 2023
Manchin Cosponsors Bipartisan Resolution to Recognize 30 Years of National Guard Youth Challenge Program
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, cosponsored a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 30-year anniversary of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (NGYCP). The resolution honors the NGYCP’s three decades of success in providing free and alternative education for at-risk youth in communities across West Virginia and the United States, as well as commends the accomplishments of its graduates and reaffirms Congressional … Continue Reading
April 18, 2023
Manchin Announces $424K to Digitize West Virginia University Archives and Enhance West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $424,571 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help digitize historical documents at the West Virginia University Research Corporation and create a multi-format interpretative tour of the 1921 Coal Mine Wars at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. “Preserving West Virginia history is vital to honoring our past and helping us tell our story for future … Continue Reading
April 18, 2023
Manchin Statement on EPA's Radical Vehicle Emissions Standards
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new standards on vehicle emissions.“The EPA is lying to Americans with false claims about how their manipulation of the market to boost EVs will help American energy security. In reality, this is a Trojan horse. To meet these timelines will mean strengthening our reliance on minerals and … Continue Reading
April 17, 2023
Manchin Announces More Than $1.3 Million to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Sites in West Virginia
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $1,333,258 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the West Virginia Department of Environment Protection. The funding will support statewide efforts to address and clean up hazardous waste sites, as well as three site-specific projects in Fairmont and Clarksburg. “Every West Virginian deserves … Continue Reading
April 17, 2023
Manchin, Wicker, Capito, Heinrich, Grassley Reintroduce Bipartisan Resolution To Create National Osteopathic Medicine Week
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reintroduced a bipartisan resolution designating this week, April 17-23, 2023, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and dedication of doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) and schools of osteopathic medicine nationwide. “Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine are a fundamental part … Continue Reading
April 17, 2023
Manchin Announces $1.3 Million to Support Rural Schools, Roads and Emergency Services on National Forests and Grasslands
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that 14 West Virginia counties will receive a combined $1,391,968 through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service from the Secure Rural Schools program to support public schools, roads and to reimburse counties for providing emergency services on national forest and grasslands. Chairman Manchin secured this funding through the … Continue Reading
April 12, 2023
Manchin Announces $750K to Support Forests, Green Spaces in Eastern West Virginia
Charleston, WV — Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service for the state of West Virginia. The funding is made possible in part through the Inflation Reduction Act and will support projects in forests and green spaces across eastern West Virginia. “Anyone born and raised in West Virginia … Continue Reading
April 12, 2023
Manchin Announces New Insulin Manufacturing Facility Coming to Morgantown
Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced UNDBIO, a South Korean pharmaceutical company that provides diabetic care solutions, secured a lease with West Virginia University (WVU) to establish an insulin manufacturing facility in Morgantown. UNDBIO will invest $100,000,000 in the first phase of the project and create approximately 200 jobs in the first three years. “Today’s announcement is great news for Americans living with diabetes and domestic manufacturing … Continue Reading
April 12, 2023
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Senate Delegation To Ukraine And Poland
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after visiting Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Congressional Delegation met with Ukrainian leaders on a variety of topics including: military readiness, energy security, accountability of foreign assistance, and the rebuild of Ukraine. They were also joined by UNITED24 Ambassador, West Virginia native and country music artist, Brad … Continue Reading
April 11, 2023
West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Coalition Applauds ARCH2's Application to Compete for Regional Hydrogen Hub
Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) applauded the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) team for submitting their application to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for the regional clean hydrogen hub Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) as designated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure … Continue Reading
