Manchin, Capito, McKinley Announce $140 Million to Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands In West Virginia
Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia has received $140,751,000 from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which all three members supported, to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML). This critical funding will help ensure the health and safety of West Virginia’s […]
Barrasso Statement on President Biden’s Latest Tax Hike Proposal
CASPER, WY — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on President Biden’s windfall profits tax proposal. “President Biden loves to raise taxes. He and Senate Democrats have worked purposely for months to increase energy costs. That includes a tax […]
ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: End China’s ‘Developing Country’ Advantage
By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso Oct. 28, 2022 Newsweek China is the world’s second-largest economy and largest emitter of greenhouse gases. It is America’s chief economic and geopolitical rival, bent on global domination. It exploits forced labor. It manipulates global markets. It steals our technology. It is building hypersonic missiles and a blue-water navy. […]
Barrasso Statement on President Biden’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to release up to 15 million more barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. “The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was built for a national energy […]
Manchin Calls on President Biden to Increase Domestic Energy Production After OPEC+ Cuts
Charleston, WV – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called on President Biden to take all immediate actions within his authority to increase domestic energy production following an agreement from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries+ (OPEC+) to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. […]
Manchin, Capito Announce $2.4 Million for Land and Water Conservation Fund Projects in West Virginia
Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced the National Park Service (NPS) will invest $2,443,919 million to fund recreation and restoration projects in state and local parks across West Virginia. This funding was secured when Chairman Manchin’s historic Great American Outdoors Act was enacted in […]
Manchin Statement On OPEC+ Agreement To Cut Oil Production
Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the agreement by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries+ (OPEC+) to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. “Today’s announcement from OPEC+ confirms why the United States must be energy independent […]
Manchin Holds Hearing on Forestry and Wildfire Legislation
To watch a video of Chairman Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Chairman Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on 12 forestry and wildfire bills, including the bipartisan More Hasty Response to Firefighting Act of 2022, introduced last week […]
Wyoming’s Pat O’Toole Testifies Before the Senate on Forest Health & Wildfire Mitigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Mr. Pat O’Toole, president of Family Farm Alliance, to the committee. O’Toole testified before the committee at a legislative hearing to examine and receive testimony on a number of forestry related bills. Barrasso […]
Barrasso: America’s Western Forests are Facing a Wildfire Crisis
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 the following remarks at a legislative hearing to examine and receive testimony on a number of forestry related bills. Barrasso’s bill, the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act […]