WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) released the following statement on the latest data highlighting a 15.44% decrease in drug overdose deaths between May 2023 and May 2024 in West Virginia. This finding continues the trend from data last month showing a 11.56% decrease in drug overdose deaths between April 2023 and April 2024. "The proof is in the numbers and we are seeing in real ti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W) released a statement on the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) ruling that all imports of ferrosilicon from Russia will harm U.S. industries. This decision requires the Department of Commerce to place additional anti-dumping and countervailing tariffs on ferrosilicon, which will generate more production in West Virginia. "The U.S. ferrosilicon   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), traveled to Berkeley County, W.Va. where she participated in two events. First, Senator Capito visited Eagle School Intermediate in Martinsburg, W.Va. where she hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event. Senator Capito launched the program in 2015 to instill confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Department of Energy's Role in Advanced Computing Research": * * * The Committee will come to order. Before we begin, I want to acknowledge the terrible loss of the former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Charles McMillan, who died in a car accident last week. Charlie was a true pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Department of Energy's Role in Advanced Computing Research": * * * The Committee will come to order. This morning we're here to discuss the commercialization of fusion energy, one of the critical and emerging technologies that we are in a global race to develop. Fusion energy would be a total  more