Joe Manchin

I have really hard concerns about the ESG because if ESG is not taken with the same light that, basically, geopolitical unrest that we see around the world, you are putting us in a very unfair advantage--or disadvantage--can be very…

The LifeBOAT Act simply says this: A penny per milligram for all manufacturers.

I don't think we should do it without you all involved showing us how to structure that.

And I think, you know, because they were just trying to survive, so the environment took a way, way far back seat.

We are paying for all, the Federal Government is paying to reimburse those who were led to believe this is safe and secure and it is cheaper.

But we don't, do we?

I will vote for the debt ceiling. But I would vote with the understanding that at least we can have a conversation with a guaranteed vote in 90 days on changes we think need to be made.

For the PBM, pharmaceutical benefit managers, they are basically middlemen right now, as we are reducing price.

The Budget builds on the Inflation Reduction Act's new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program by increasing the number of drugs subject to negotiation.

Over the last 10 years we have lost more Americans to drug overdoses, opioid addiction, than we have in any wars we have ever fought.

So we can go--we can identify some areas ourselves where they are just, they just cannot get service.

putting their radical climate agenda ahead of the needs of the people of Alaska and the United States.

With the passage of the Energy Act, Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act, Congress has authorized new programs and provided significant financial investments to ensure the continued…

We have bipartisan bills to remedy this situation, and I look forward to continuing to work closely with my friend, Ranking Member Barrasso, Senator Risch, and Senator Warner on this important issue.

Last month, I introduced the Nuclear Fuel Security Act with Senators Barrasso and Risch, which provides the authority required to expand our uranium conversion and enrichment capacity to meet our domestic fuel requirements.

Putin's war in Ukraine has brought the geopolitical risk of not having energy independence from those who do not share our values into clear focus.

Today we will be discussing the U.S. nuclear fuel life cycle and the issues that our Committee must work to address this Congress.

The Committee will come to order.

Though I recently called on the White House and Congress to push for full concurrent receipt for all military retirees.

I rise today to thank my friend from Oklahoma, Senator James Lankford, for continuing the Senate's long tradition of delivering President George Washington's Farewell Address earlier this week. It is an annual reminder of what is great…

first of all, I want to thank my good friend, the assistant minority leader from South Dakota, for a very, very good review of exactly where we are. I agree wholeheartedly except for a little bit of the IRA. We might have a little…

I rise today to warn against our administration's unrelenting campaign to weaken our energy security, our national security, and our economic security to advance, truly, their environmental and social agenda. The ESG rule that we are going…

I am proud that immediately following Putin's invasion last year, members of this Committee acted quickly, on a bipartisan basis, to introduce legislation to ban U.S. imports of Russian energy.

The U.S., the EU, and our other allies are working together to support Ukraine.

On February 24, 2022, nearly one year ago, Putin launched an unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine.