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Al Bernardi is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

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Joe Manchin
stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet:

"I was the only member of the Senate – Republican or Democrat – who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so called ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate."

By Al Bernardi • April 24, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
stated on March 19, 2019 in a speech:

"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."

By Al Bernardi • April 24, 2019
Mitch Carmichael
stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews:

In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."

By Al Bernardi • April 3, 2019