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Ahead of Nato Summit, Manchin and 34 Senate Colleagues Urge Biden to Ensure Nato Countries Meet Defense Spending Commitments

July 07, 2023 Charleston, WV —Ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius starting next week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined a bipartisan group of 34 senators in writing a …

Manchin, Kelly, Murkowski, Duckworth Statements on Administration Plans to Provide Additional Weapons to Ukraine

July 07, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statements on the Biden Administration’s decision to provide additional weapons and …

Manchin Announces Randolph County's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Designation

Manchin Announces Randolph County’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Designation

July 05, 2023 Elkins, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld to …

Manchin Announces $481K to Support Lily's Place

July 06, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Lily’s Place in Huntington will receive $481,719 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support its …

Manchin Announces $1.8 Million for Runway Extension at Morgantown Airport

July 06, 2023 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,800,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support a runway extension project at the Morgantown Municipal …

Fighting for equal access

June 30, 2023 In 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law, legislation that installed electricity in remote areas across the United States, finally connecting communities in rural America to the electric grid. …

WV Strong: John Tobin, Berkeley County

April 18, 2020 This next story of a Better Angel comes from Inwood, WV.  J&T’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill is a locally owned, 3rd generation small business, owned by John Tobin. Since the closing of schools they have served hundreds of free meals to …

Manchin Announces $2.9 Million for Mingo County Advanced Air Mobility Program

June 30, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority will receive $2,900,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) …

Manchin, Brown, Casey, Fetterman, Warner, Kaine Statement on Dol Proposed Rule to Reduce Silica Dust Exposure

June 30, 2023 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposal by its Mine …

Manchin Announces $19.8 Million for Five West Virginia Head Start Programs

June 30, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $19,881,651 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for five West Virginia Head Start programs. Head Start …

Manchin Announces $10.7 Million for Three West Virginia Head Start Programs

June 28, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $10,781,344 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Eastern Panhandle Instructional Cooperative Head …

Manchin, Lummis Reintroduce Bipartisan Congressional Awards Act

June 27, 2023 Charleston, WV – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the bipartisan Congressional Awards Act, which would reauthorize the Congressional Award Program. The program is an incredibly high honor for citizens …

Manchin Announces $420K for Economic Development Planning Across West Virginia

June 27, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $420,000 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to strengthen regional economic development planning in West …

Manchin Announces $2.1 Million for Three West Virginia Agricultural Business Development Projects

June 27, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,157,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for three West Virginia business development projects through the West …

ICYMI: Manchin Secures West Virginia Priorities in National Defense Authorization Act

June 26, 2023 Charleston, WV – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), secured West Virginia and national priorities in the SASC markup …

Manchin Announces Nearly $2.8 Million to Strengthen Healthcare Services Across West Virginia

June 26, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,799,172 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services across West Virginia. …

Manchin Announces More Than $1.2 Billion for West Virginia Broadband Projects

June 26, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced $1,210,800,969.85 in federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program within the National Telecommunications …

Manchin Statement on the 7th Anniversary of 2016 Flood in West Virginia

June 23, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the 7th anniversary of the 2016 flood that devastated communities across West Virginia and killed 23 West Virginians. “Seven years ago a horrific …

Manchin, Brown, Casey, Fetterman, Warner, Kaine Push Omb for New Silica Standard for Miners

June 23, 2023 Charleston, WV – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) wrote a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, urging …