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March 1, 2022 |
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Built around 1920, the Garrison House was the home of Memphis Tennessee Garrison, a leading figure in the advance of African-American civil rights for the last forty years of her life. I secured more than $146,000 from the National Park Service for the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation to repair the house and transform it into an African American and civil rights museum in Huntington, WV.
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If you or someone you know is in need of assistance with a state or federal agency, please contact my office at 304-342-5855.
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MY STATEMENT ON CONTINUED RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL IMPORTS
“The entire world is watching as Vladimir Putin uses energy as a weapon in an attempt to extort and coerce our European allies. While Americans decry what is happening in Ukraine, the United States continues to allow the import of more than half a million barrels per day of crude oil and other petroleum products from Russia during this time of war. This makes no sense at all and represents a clear and present danger to our nation’s energy security. The United States can and must ramp up domestic energy production and increase access to our abundant resources and technologies to both protect our energy independence and support our allies around the globe.
“If there was ever a time to be energy independent, it is now. I am calling on the Administration and industry partners to take action immediately, up to and including banning crude oil imports from Russia. To continue to ask other countries to do what we can do for ourselves in a cleaner way is hypocritical. To continue to rely on Russian energy as they attack Ukraine is senseless. In the coming days and weeks, the strategic value of American energy and what can be done to better position our nation on the global stage will be an ongoing topic in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.” |
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Last week the WV Hydrogen Hub Working Group held our first meeting to discuss the best way to collaborate and compete for one of the hydrogen hubs funded by our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. I’m proud of our bipartisan collaboration on this incredible opportunity for West Virginia.
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Last week I visited White Sulphur Springs where I took a tour of The Schoolhouse Hotel, which will be the first ever ADA fully-accessible hotel in the U.S. Following the devastation of the 2016 flood, downtown White Sulphur Springs is thriving with new businesses!
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With the help of my staff, I was honored to lend my voice of support for several events in the region: Grand opening of the James Rumsey Technical Institute in Martinsburg; Skype with American government and post-Soviet politics classes at Marshall University; two families received new homes Huntington Area Habitat for Humanity; the 50th anniversary memorial service of the Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster in Logan County. |
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ReConnect Loan and Grant Program |
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The ReConnect Program offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that currently do not have sufficient access to broadband. In facilitating the expansion of broadband services and infrastructure, the program will fuel long-term rural economic development and opportunities in rural America.
The application window is OPEN until 11:59 A.M. Eastern on February 22, 2022. |
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DHHR Extends Application Period for Low Income Energy Assistance Program
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has extended the application period for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) until Friday, March 18, 2022, or until funds are exhausted. The federally funded program assists eligible state residents in paying home heating bills. Applications are available online at www.wvpath.org and may also be obtained at local DHHR offices, Community Action Agencies, or senior centers operated by an Area Agency on Aging. A list of local offices may be found here or by calling 304-352-4431.
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THE 2021 TAX FILING SEASON IS NOW UNDERWAY, BUT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, SOME TAXFILERS MAY STILL BE WAITING FOR THEIR RETURN FROM TAX YEAR 2020 OR PREVIOUS YEARS. |
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WEST VIRGINIA HYDROGEN HUB WORKING GROUP CONVENES FIRST MEETING
MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE $648,285 TO STRENGTHEN TOURISM IN WEST VIRGINIA
MANCHIN STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON FOR SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
MANCHIN STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
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WEST VIRGINIA HYDROGEN HUB WORKING GROUP CONVENES FIRST MEETING
MANCHIN IN WHEELING INTELLIGENCER: NEW INVESTMENTS COMING TO WEST VIRGINIA WILL GIVE COMMUNITIES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE
MANCHIN, BARRASSO, DURBIN AND BLACKBURN INTRODUCE DOE SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE ACT OF 2022
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U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY SUMMER STEM CAMPS:
The United States Naval Academy Summer STEM is all about exploring, creating, building, and making things better, and at our Summer STEM Program, you’ll do just that. You’ll work with students from all over the country as you test your problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration skills. Applications are open until March 31. For more information and to register, please visit: Summer STEM | U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar (usna.edu/Admissions/Programs/STEM)
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY SUMMER SEMINAR:
The United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar is the first step in navigating your future to becoming one of our nation's next generation of leaders. Summer Seminar will introduce you to life at the Academy, where you will experience first-class academic, athletic, and professional training. Applications are open until March 31. For more information and to register, please visit: Summer Seminar | U.S. Naval Academy (usna.edu/Admissions/programs/NASS) |
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