WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stood up for workers at the Cleveland-Cliffs Facility in Weirton by demanding stronger trade enforcement to protect Ohio jobs and fight back against countries that illegally dump and subsidize products into the U.S. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on manufacturing, Brown called for trade policy that builds out domestic supply chains and boos  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Ranking Member Capito and WV leaders after the EPW Committee passed bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Economic Development Administration for first time in nearly 20 years. Remarks here. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed West Virginia economic development district lea  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined a group of 31 of her Senate Republican colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), to introduce the Laken Riley Act. The Laken Riley Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter to Peggy Carr, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education, urging her to consider ruggedness scales in NCES's measurements to ensure areas like Appalachia are not left behind. NCES is responsible for collecting and analyzing education data, which includes classifying p  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to examine the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission [the Commission]. The 50-person Commission was created by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with the directive to recommend policies to improve federal forest and wildfi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and a number of his colleagues sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia, urging them to issue a waiver, an Administrative Order, or a No Action Assurance to allow Puerto Rico to continue using temporary generators after several   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Committee Hearing titled "Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities" to examine the benefits of technologies that allow patients to access health at home. Click here to watch. Congresswoman Miller began by discussing the importance of at home dialysis for those with End Stage Renal Diseas  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congressman John Joyce (R-PA) introduced a bill to increase U.S. support for the utilization of seafloor resources as sources of critical mineral inputs to fuel the nation's energy goals and bolster national security. The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act calls for federal resources to be allocated towards refining polymetallic nodule materials and advises  more