On the Federal side, we also support the Manchin-Boxer proposed legislation to tighten the standards in the Safe Drinkin...
Senator Manchin and I wrote a letter to the CDC asking for their testing protocols.
My hope is that the Federal Government will listen to our concerns.
We have to protect the people. That is our job now.
We do need to have national guidelines.
There are too many unanswered questions for which we all need answers.
Today, I am asking all West Virginians, the EPA, the CDC, the West Virginia DEP, and all those involved to join me in pl...
We feel that is an important step forward.
The West Virginia legislature is considering legislation that would help to fill the void that currently exists in the r...
It has rocked our confidence. It absolutely unacceptable that freedom did not immediately notify and there was not bette...
I think it is proper that Congress conduct these hearings to understand the facts.
If there is any type of storage facility that has a chemical in it which is near a drinking water supply, that particula...
I want to publicly express that appreciation today.
The sadness is, as Senator Cardin so rightly pointed out, there haven't been inspections since the early 2000's and we r...
The bottom line is that no West Virginian or American should have to worry about the contamination of their water supply...
This spill should never have happened and it is our responsibility in Congress, working with the States to do everything...
We certainly agree that TSCA is broken and needs to be fixed.
I think federalism does say we believe in the states, we believe the government closest to the people is the most respon...