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Charleston, WV - In our third video update from the 2016 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, four West Virginia lawmakers - West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael (R-Jackson, 4th District), Senate Health Chair Senator Ryan Ferns (R-Ohio, 1st District), House of Delegates Majority Leader Daryl Cowles (R-Morgan, 58th District) and House Health Chair Delegate Joe Ellington (R-Mercer, 27th District) - were recently among 76 state legislators honored nationally as AARP Capitol Caregivers, and West Virginia House of Delegates Health Committee Vice Chair Del. Amy Summers (R-Taylor, 49th District) discusses efforts to increase consumer access to health care by changing outdated regulations that deny patients access to nurse practitioners.

Charleston, WV - In our second video update from the 2016 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, Broadband Day at the Legislature highlights the need for improved high speed internet access across the Mountain State. We hear from Senate President Bill Cole (R-Mercer, 6th District), Senator Chris Walters (R-Putnam, 8th District), Del. Roger Hanshaw (R-Clay, 33rd District) and AARP West Virginia State Director Gaylene Miller on the broad support for improvements to address the Mountain State's broadband access issues. Senate Health Chair Sen. Ryan Ferns (R-Ohio, 1st District) also discusses the West Virginia Legislature's efforts efforts to fight elder abuse and financial exploitation.

AARP West Virginia staff and volunteers are maintaining a very active presence at the State Capitol throughout the 60-day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, working on behalf of nearly 300,000 members across the Mountain State.

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