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Manchin Welcomes WVU’s Dr. Ziemkiewicz To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee

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, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz, Director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute at West […]

Barrasso Statement on President Biden’s Decision to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to President Biden announcing another release from nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. “Releasing more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve doesn’t produce one more barrel of American oil,” said […]

Barrasso: Despite His Climate Pledges, President Biden Has Done Nothing to Fix American Mineral Permitting

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 full committee hearing to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing domestic critical mineral mining, processing, refining, and reprocessing.  The hearing featured testimony […]

Manchin, Capito And McKinley Announce More Than $28 Million To Make Homes More Energy Efficient, Lower Utility Costs For West Virginia Families

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced that West Virginia is eligible for $28,882,509 in new funding through the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program. This historic level of funding was […]

Manchin Attends International Energy Agency 2022 Ministerial Meeting

To view photos of the visit, please click here. Washington, DC – Last week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, traveled to Paris, France, to participate in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2022 Ministerial Meeting, an energy conference made up of industry leaders and representatives from across […]

Manchin Announces New Department Of Energy Assistance Program In Mingo And Logan Counties

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected Mingo and Logan Counties as part of the Communities Local Energy Action Program (Communities LEAP). This first-of-its-kind initiative was designed to help traditional energy-producing communities create community-wide action plans […]

Manchin Calls For Renewed U.S. Commitment To The Freely Associated States

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 strategic importance of the Freely Associated States to the United States and our allies […]

ICYMI: America is the World’s Energy Superpower. Why Aren’t We Acting Like It?

By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso March 28, 2022 Newsweek We’ve had a choice on American energy for decades. That choice is between encouraging energy production and infrastructure, or throwing up roadblocks. At every turn, Democrats chose to throw up roadblocks. Today, we are living with the consequences.  If Democrats did not appreciate the geopolitical importance […]