WV JOBS

Introducing the New Dedicated Job Search and Career Resource for West Virginians

Together with the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation (DRWV) – an organization dedicated to diversifying and enabling West Virginia’s economic growth and success, and Jobcase – a social platform for the “future of work,” I am proud of the soft launch of DiscoverWVJobs.com, a new public-private collaboration to support workers and job seekers in West Virginia. The platform will provide improved access to career info, and directly match people to local jobs. It can be found at www.DiscoverWVJobs.com.

The official launch for the site will occur in the fall, offering even more jobs and other content from additional partners from across the state.

Job Fairs 

I am proud to have co-hosted over 47 major hiring events throughout the state since 2015. If you are looking for a job, want to change your career, or enhance your skills, these job fairs are the places to be!

Beckley Job Fair
November 1
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Beckley Convention Center

Employers can still register!
Click here for more information.

Click here to stay up-to-date. 

Scheduling  

My staff and I participate in events and meetings across the Mountain State throughout the year.  From Skypes with classrooms, to small business ribbon cuttings, job fairs, and Manchin Mobile Mondays, we are honored to receive your invitation.   

To invite the Senator to your event, click here.

Manchin Mobile Monday   

Every Monday, members of my staff are available in easily accessed locations across the state to assist with constituent services and to bring your thoughts and concerns directly back to me. Below are next week's times and locations for Monday, October 28.

Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown Public Library

100 East German Street

Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.      

Staff: Regional Coordinator Keith McIntosh will attend.

From the Hill to the Mountains

MANCHIN STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF CHARLIE JONES

Gayle and I send our deepest condolences to Charlie Jones’ family, close friends, and loved ones. Charlie has been a close friend for many years, and we will miss him terribly. He was truly one of a kind – one of the most warm, kind people I ever had the privilege of knowing. Charlie was a regular Renaissance man, and his zest for innovation never waned throughout his long life – a World War II Veteran, a legendary businessman, coal miner, farmer, riverboat captain, and a servant of the community who was adored by all. His influence and legacy will remain in our hearts and in the hearts of countless West Virginians forever.

MANCHIN, FCC COMMISSIONER ROSENWORCEL VISIT ROMNEY AND WESTON TO DISCUSS RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS

If you lived in rural West Virginia in the 1930’s, you probably didn’t have electricity until President Franklin D. Roosevelt came along with rural electrification projects to bring us into the modern age. Today in West Virginia, many places don’t have good connectivity, broadband, even cell service. That’s what we’re fighting for because we’re not going to be able to compete, we’re not going to be able to grow, and we’re not going to be able to have a strong economy if we don’t have connectivity. FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel understands West Virginia and fighting for rural connectivity, and I thank her for joining us here in West Virginia today to ensure that everyone has access to broadband.

MANCHIN STATEMENT ON CRA TO NULLIFY ACE RULE

I voted against S.J. Res. 53 because today’s vote put politics over solutions. I never supported the Clean Power Plan because it required U.S. coal power plants to use unproven technologies that were too costly to be practical at the time. While I maintain that the Affordable Clean Energy rule is flawed for ruling out carbon capture and utilization technologies for coal plants, a CRA is an overly broad legislative tool that would prevent any subsequent legislation that is substantially the same, whether it is an improvement or not. I believe we need to put the partisan gimmicks aside and come together to focus on developing and deploying the technologies vital to solving climate change, from carbon capture and utilization and solar power to energy efficiency and storage technologies. The technologies that were unattainable then are within reach now. On the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee we’ve passed 43 bills, many of which move us closer to clean energy solutions in a bipartisan way. The United States must lead the world in technological innovation, advanced manufacturing and transportation sectors to continue to keep our energy affordable, stimulate job growth and enable us to lead on these climate solutions globally.

MANCHIN, JONES, MCSALLY, KING AND SULLIVAN URGE TRUMP TO RECONSIDER ABANDONING THE KURDS

As we have seen in recent days, even small shifts in force posture in Syria have allowed Turkey to begin a ground invasion, shelling, and bombing of Kurdish-held territory.  Five years of fighting alongside the Kurds have demonstrated to us their skill and resolve, but without an American presence, even these fierce warriors stand little chance against the modern and sophisticated Turkish forces. In fact, in the face of our announced withdrawal they have already been forced to align themselves with the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian partners in order to survive.

Energy Committee News

MANCHIN: WE NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT FUTURE OF PETROLEUM RESERVE 

The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the status of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and related energy security issues. As Ranking Member of the Committee, I stressed the need for the United States to think strategically about the size, configuration and purpose of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Click here to view Senator Manchin's opening remarks

Click here to view Senator Manchin's questioning.

As we stand today, the International Energy Program requires us to maintain reserves equivalent to 90 days of our net imports of crude oil and petroleum products the previous year. Right now we’re surpassing that, partially as a result of declining net imports. And, in fact, projections have indicated that the United States could become a net petroleum exporter as soon as 2020. The oil and gas industry has experienced profound upstream growth in a short amount of time. This is coupled with less rapid but still distinctive changes in consumption patterns. All of this means we have both an opportunity and a challenge before us, which requires a close look and multiple factors to take into consideration because changes will have broad societal impacts. This committee has responded to the rapid changes underway in the oil and gas and the larger energy sector before. With that at front of mind, I think we need to be purposeful, and indeed strategic, in determining the optimal size, configuration, and use of the petroleum reserve for the future.

Key Federal Resources

MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $3 MILLIONS TO COMBAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN WEST VIRGINIA

There are more than 10,500 homeless children and youth in West Virginia. This is an unfortunate and unacceptable issue we are facing. Ensuring that our children have a safe, stable and comfortable place to sleep at night is essential to their wellbeing and if they don’t have a place to sleep, they can’t learn. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue to fight for funding that helps children in West Virginia.