Manchin Votes To Confirm DOI Inspector General Nominee, Against DOI Solicitor Nominee
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider the nomination of Mr. Daniel Jorjani to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior and Mr. Mark Lee Greenblatt to be Inspector General, Department of the Interior. Senator Manchin released the following statement on his vote […]
Senate Energy Committee Examines Manchin’s EFFECT Act
ENR hearing examined the bipartisan Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology Act and DOE’s carbon capture, utilization, and storage programs To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, received testimony […]
Murkowski: CCUS as a Key to Help Address Climate Change
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the Department of Energy’s carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) programs. As part of the hearing, the committee also received testimony on S. 1201, the Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology Act or EFFECT Act, which is […]
Manchin, ENR Examine U.S. Critical Mineral Security And REEACT
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, questioned Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz, Director of the West Virginia Water Institute at West Virginia University about […]
Murkowski: We Must Improve America’s Mineral Security
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine opportunities to strengthen our nation’s mineral security. As part of the hearing, the committee also received testimony on S. 1052, the Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act, and S. 1317, the American Mineral Security Act. Murkowski opened […]
Manchin Announces Selection of Land and Water Conservation Fund Project On The Monongahela National Forest
Manchin applauds the Forest Service’s selection of this important recreation project Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that a project to add a 367-acre parcel of land to the Monongahela National Forest, has been deemed […]
Murkowski, Manchin, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen America’s Mineral Security
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Martha McSally, R-Ariz., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation that takes a comprehensive approach to begin reducing the United States’ dependence on foreign minerals. Murkowski made the announcement about S. 1317, the American Mineral Security Act, yesterday morning while delivering remarks at the Benchmark Minerals […]
Manchin Questions DOI Nominees About Separating Ideologies From Law Enforcement And Sexual Harrassment At National Park Service
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered the nomination of two Department of Interior nominees. Senator Manchin, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed […]
Manchin Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Establish Tech-Transfer Maturation Program
The Energy Technology Maturation Program Act would help national laboratories work with the private sector to commercialize innovative energy technology Washington, DC – Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dick Durbin (D-Il), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) in reintroducing legislation to authorize an Energy Technology Maturation Program at […]
Committee Reviews Two Interior Nominees
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider two nominees for the Department of the Interior (DOI). The nominees are Daniel Jorjani to be Solicitor and Mark Greenblatt to be Inspector General. “The Interior Department has numerous, wide-ranging responsibilities, including the administration of more than a quarter […]