WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Jim Justice released a statement following the passage of the Senate’s budget resolution and advance President Trump’s agenda: “Staying up all night in order to pass a budget resolution that makes life better for West Virginians and enables President Trump to follow through on his agenda is what I was sent to Washington to do. Protecting West Virginian’s benefits, cutting taxes, unleashing American energy, and rooting out government waste are all priorities of mine, and I’m proud of the work undertaken last night to accomplish just that,” said Senator Jim Justice.  BACKGROUND: The Senate Budget Resolution: # # #

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Jim Justice introduced the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Act also known as the BOP SCAN Mail Act. This legislation would require the Bureau of Prisons to develop and implement a digital scanning strategy to prevent the smuggling of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs into Federal correctional facilities by mail: Read the legislation by clicking HERE. Here’s what they are saying: “On behalf of AFGE Local 4070, I write to express our deepest appreciation for your introduction of theBOP SCAN Mail Act in the Senate. Your initiative addresses a life-threatening crisis facing our nation’s correctional officers, and we stand firmly behind

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Jim Justice introduced the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics in Mail Act also known as the BOP SCAN Mail Act. This legislation would require the Bureau of Prisons to develop and implement a digital scanning strategy to prevent the smuggling of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs into Federal correctional facilities by mail: “Protecting police officers and prison support staff from deadly fentanyl is not a partisan issue and catching it through whatever avenue it is smuggled shouldn’t be either. In West Virginia, far too many lives have been lost due to mailed-in synthetic drugs and fentanyl to correctional facilities. Inmate mail