January 17, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore
well, our teleprompter went dead. ah it is one of those inventions so influential we no longer even notice its existence unless, of course, something goes wrong, i m talking about the teleprompter and we are talking about it today because the inventor, hubert j. hub shaffly, jr., passed away. he came up with the idea back in the 50s to help soap opera stars remember their lines but the biggest impact ended up being on news programs like this one, and also in the political arena. case in point. that s one reason why we took swift and aggressive action in the first months of my administration to pull our economy oh, goodness. i guess nothing works perfectly every time. you can thank hub s had haffly for the well-delivered lines you see on tv and at every state of the union and i know, as a newscaster, how much we rely on this invention every single day.