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    Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters

    'It's Just Our Way of Life': Manchin Brushes Off Question About Coal Conflict of Interest

    The West Virginia Democrat used a Senate hearing this week to promote a toxic coal mining byproduct that is a source of profit for his family business.

    Jake Johnson
    Feb 03, 2023

    Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday responded dismissively to a reporter's question about the glaring conflict of interest posed by his family's ownership of a business that is profiting from coal waste—a toxic energy source that the West Virginia Democrat is actively promoting in the Senate.

    "It's just our way of life, OK?" Manchin (D-W.Va.) told E&E News climate reporter Adam Aton.

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    Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), left, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), right, talk during an elevator ride at the U.S. Capitol on September 22, 2021.

    Manchin Joins With Cruz on 'Absurd' Bill to Protect Toxic Gas Stoves

    One critic said the right-wing Democrat intends "to inhibit climate action and undermine agencies charged with protecting public health and safety—all in the interest of propping up his fossil fuel funders."

    Kenny Stancil
    Feb 02, 2023

    Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent a federal agency from banning gas stoves.

    Cruz and Manchin's bill to preempt the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from banning gas stoves—titled the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and described by progressive advocacy group Food & Water Watch as "absurd"—comes even though the agency says it has no plans to implement such a prohibition.

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    Bernie Sanders outside the White House

    Time for a Showdown With Big Pharma: Chairman Sanders vs. Sky-High Drug Prices

    Let's see how Bernie Sanders can use his staff and public hearings to jolt the Big Pharma toadies in Congress with the rumble from the people who are in dire straits.

    Ralph Nader
    Jan 28, 2023

    It is showdown time. Senator Bernie Sanders, new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee versus Big Pharma.

    The self-described “democratic socialist” from a safe seat in Vermont has long been a Big Pharma nemesis. He has issued detailed critiques of what others have called a “Pay or Die” industry coddled by Congress that provides huge tax credits, free government-developed medicines, and free, with few exceptions, unbridled power to charge what their monopoly markets can’t bear.

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