Gayle Manchin
BETHANY Former West Virginia first lady Gayle Manchin is now at the helm as federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
She said she now will lead the commission to seek federal funding for such items as broadband, highway expansion and opioid addiction programs for Appalachia. And she wants the ARC board to work together and prove an example of how government officials can work together to achieve the common good.
Manchin the wife of former governor and current U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia was sworn in last week to her post, and will serve as the 13th federal co-chair of the ARC. She is the first ARC co-chair to hail from the Mountain State.
sadams@newsandsentinel.com U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) The New River winds its way through the gorge, a view from the Canyon Rim Visitor Center. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
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Sen. Manchin has expressed support for the infrastructure overhaul proposed in President Bidenâs American Families Plan, but has also expressed concern about the growing national debt and $2.3 trillion price mark.
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By Charles Boothe |
Bluefield Daily Telegraph May 3, 2021
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Sen. Manchin has expressed support for the infrastructure overhaul proposed in President Bidenâs American Families Plan, but has also expressed concern about the growing national debt and $2.3 trillion price mark. AP photo
WASHINGTON â U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., continues to focus only on infrastructure in the proposed $2.3 trillion American Families Plan and the GOPâs $568 billion alternative is a âgood starting pointâ for negotiation.
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin talks with U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., on their way to a vote Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., praised President Joe Biden on Friday for restoring some “calmness” during his first joint address to Congress Wednesday, but said Biden’s proposals need to be fully vetted through the legislative process.
Manchin spoke with the West Virginia press Friday morning from his office on Capitol Hill. The senior West Virginia senator was among the 200 members of Congress out of 535 permitted to attend Biden’s address due to COVID-19 social distance regulations.