text: It is a privilege to be assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Senate VeteransÛª Affairs Committee as we enter into a new Congress. The breadth of issues that these two committees oversee will help me better represent the people of the Mountain State and our West Virginia values.  http://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=ab2c95f1-b239-47d1-90b9-0514f94290cc