CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s U.S. senators are amongst a dozen asking President Joe Biden to seek the advice of with officers state by state on the attainable influence of recommendations of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission.
The group contains West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and Republic Shelley Moore Capito. An announcement from Manchin’s workplace Friday says the recommendations would considerably alter providers offered to rural veterans throughout the nation.
Manchin and Capito had been joined by Sens. Mike Rounds and John Thune of South Dakota, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Steve Daines of Montana, John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Ted Cruz of Texas and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.