BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 14, 2021, hearing entitled "Identifying Unique Challenges for Small, Rural and Disadvantaged Communities in Accessing and Maintaining Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Services (Part 1)": * * * The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a field hearing to examine the unique  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 14, 2021, hearing entitled "Identifying Unique Challenges for Small, Rural and Disadvantaged Communities in Accessing and Maintaining Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Services (Part 1)": * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held the first of a two-part   more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) attended a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee field hearing on water and wastewater infrastructure in Beckley, West Virginia. "I've always said that every West Virginian and American deserves fresh air to breathe and clean water to drink, but more than 30% of West Virginia households aren't connected to centralized water and wastew  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, for a field hearing in Beckley to examine the unique challenges that small, disadvantaged, and rural communities face in accessing and maintaining drinking water and wastewate  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, for a field hearing in Beckley to examine the unique challenges that small, disadvantaged, and rural commu  more