Joe Manchin

Well, I think this law is very clear, basically, it says that the patient himself and the guardians have to have permission, and give you permission to do it.

Well, we tried to get rid of it, but the President over--he vetoed us.

We have got to answer. Do you want to know why the rural America, and urban and rural America is getting further and further apart, is because rural America has been being left behind and getting screwed.

I was pleased to see the Department's finalized the rule implementing the Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act we worked on for so long.

The way the bills that we all passed in a bipartisan way, and even the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) bill, the way it's being implemented is different than the way we wrote it.

The last time the NLRB tried this, a study found that this policy led to 376,000 fewer jobs and $33.3 billion in lost output across the economy.

I would implore you to get your staff moving on this one here. We waited a long time for it.

Instead, we should be focusing on bipartisan student debt reforms that take commonsense steps to fill the gaps in our workforce.

FAFSA completions are down 36 percent nationally compared to this time last year.

They want to save lives. They don't want anyone to go through what they have gone through.

Recently, the President vetoed a bipartisan congressional resolution overturning the National Labor Relations Board NLRB rule, redefining who is a joint employer.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you, Secretary, for being here.

The political leadership at the Department of Education chose to spend time, resources, and personnel to advance the administration's priorities around cancelling student debt.

We have no financial requirements whatsoever, literacy, when a student goes into the college.

Bring manufacturing back to America. You can't bring manufacturing back if you relax the rules and where you get your critical minerals and where you put produce them.

Rural areas have been left behind, the money has not gone appropriately for the challenges they have.

We have lost more Americans to drug overdoses since 1999 than the number of American lives lost in wars or conflicts since the Civil War, and it is absolutely heartbreaking.

I hope to, again, work in a bipartisan way to fund our joint priorities, such as finding cures and treatments for cancer.

It is not an understatement to say this has been an unmitigated disaster caused by an inexcusable failure of leadership.

Bring manufacturing back to America. You can't bring manufacturing back if you relax the rules and where you get your critical minerals and where you put produce them.

We have to--you are in the Education Department, you have to educate people on what is available.

Do you all acknowledge the job--can you acknowledge the job losses that came when they did implement it the last time?

Small businesses are the heart of our economy and our communities, especially in West Virginia where more than 98% of our businesses are small businesses.

Recently, the President vetoed a bipartisan congressional resolution overturning the National Labor Relations Board NLRB rule, redefining who is a joint employer.

Rural areas have been left behind, the money has not gone appropriately for the challenges they have.