WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 2, 2024, entitled "To Examine the President's Budget Request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * The committee will come to order. This morning the Committee will discuss the President's proposed FY 2025 budget for the Department of the Interior. I'd like to welcome Secretary  more PR