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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Wednesday became chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
With the Republicans becoming the minority after the Georgia run-off elections in January, the Senate passed an organizing resolution giving Democrats control of committees. Manchin was a ranking member of the committee in the 116th Congress and has been a member of the committee since being elected to the Senate in 2010.
"I am proud of the committee's productive, bipartisan work last Congress, but our work is never done and with a new administration incoming there is no shortage of work to do to advance a cleaner energy future while ensuring no worker is left behind and our energy independence remains uncompromised," Manchin said.