Joe Manchin

Widespread shortages of personal protective equipment, the PPEs as we know, and other medical equipment at the beginning of the COVID-19 had a disastrous impact on all of us.

We have been devastated by the drug epidemic, COVID-19, and now--we now lead the Nation in new HIV infection rates.

I think it is absolutely critical that we have the capability, independent of supplies from foreign countries, to be able to supply the necessary medicines that we need in the United States.

West Virginia is constantly ranked last in the Nation for health outcomes.

I think they understand the urgency we need to start basically manufacturing again, not only just our drugs, but so many things in our Country.

That's why it is imperative that we ensure that money gets to the children or their real caretakers in these households.

Are you supportive of the administration's plan to allocate $80 billion to the IRS for enforcement?

I remain concerned that the payments are not getting to those who need it the most.

West Virginia is ground zero for the drug epidemic, with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country.

We should be producing these in America.

If we are ever going to do it, we should do it now, since it is all very fresh in what we have been able to endure.

We cannot even tell you, sir, how many that basically ever had sugar, or had any diabetes, because they did not even take a simple blood test, which can tell you immediately.

It is disturbing, isn't it?

We need to conduct a leadership assessment administered, sir, by an entity outside of the VA.

While I was pleased to see this serial killer, we had a serial killer, Reta Mays, who committed we do not know how many murders.

We urge you to join us in calling for the bipartisan reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act through regular order. We can do this. We must do this.

Is enough progress being made to confront these challenges, and how do you plan to address the challenges if you are confirmed?

We have to follow the laws as written by Congress.

How in the world would do something in a partisan way right now when there’s so much animosity and so much disbelief? So, we have to bring it together. And John Lewis Voting Right Act says no matter who you are, no matter what color of…

Our Nation's transportation system faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector, the private sector, and ultimately the American people's safety, security, and privacy.

What is being done to address the threat of cyber-attacks on our existing nation's infrastructure?

These same weaknesses were documented by the Congressional Research Service in 2012, and yet nothing has been done.

This is deeply troubling.

I am glad that the White House announced two days ago that it was forming an interagency task force in response to the Colonial ransomware attack.

In my state, we have more federal lands than any other state in the country.