Joe Manchin

So we thought we crossed every hurdle, crossed every T and dotted every I; it is just time to implement it.

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.

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

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

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.

NIH is not just great biomedical research institution, it's also a driver of economic growth.

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.

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

I acknowledge we are facing a very difficult spending climate, and we hope we can focus on bipartisan areas of need.

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

I hope to, again, work in a bipartisan way to fund our joint priorities.

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.

if you want to know why that divide is becoming bigger and bigger, rural areas have been left behind, the money has not gone appropriately for the challenges they have. And that is so important.

What can NIH do to help expand the medical research footprint in rural states like West Virginia so we can tackle high disease burdens and low life expectancy?

I was a bit disappointed that the budget lacked new resources for rural health programs.

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.

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

Sir, I thank you for your service. I just want to say again on Jessie's Law that has been a long time in coming, okay, and the family they are just hanging on, needles and pins, just waiting for it to be completed. They want to save lives…

Concerning to me too is a proposed $10 million for new discretionary group program for funding harm reduction grants.

We are spending more on giving money away than we ever did on education. It makes no sense to me at all.

I want to thank Chair Baldwin for working together, bipartisan, and the success of our process depends on finding common ground.

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.

NIH is not just great biomedical research institution, it's also a driver of economic growth.

We simply cannot afford to add another $750 billion to the national debt.