Senate & House Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ban Russian Uranium Imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium. The bill is the Senate companion to H.R. 1042, which was introduced last month by U.S. Representatives Cathy […]

Manchin, Committee Convene to Examine the Nuclear Fuel Life Cycle

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 held a hearing to examine the nuclear fuel life cycle. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the need to reduce the […]

Barrasso: We Must Reestablish the United States as the Global Leader in Nuclear Energy

Click here to watch Ranking Member Barrasso’s remarks.   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the nuclear fuel cycle.  The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable Kathryn Huff, assistant secretary for Nuclear Energy […]

Manchin Statement on Interior’s Unprecedented Delay on Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan

Manchin: Every other administration, Democrat and Republican, has managed to follow the law in a timely fashion    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 Department of the Interior’s (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan.  “Monday night, […]

Manchin Reacts to DOI Memo on Cook Inlet Lease Sale

Manchin: I will not support anyone who agrees with this type of misguided reasoning   Charleston, WV — Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on a memo mistakenly posted by the U.S. Department of the Interior that shows internal deliberations around Cook Inlet Lease […]

Manchin, Luján, Cramer, Barrasso Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Bolster Recreational Biking on Federal Lands

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate ENR Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) reintroduced the Biking On Long-Distance Trails (BOLT) Act to bolster outdoor recreation and biking on federal lands across the country.  The BOLT Act directs […]