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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Wednesday April 03, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Capito, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Affirming President Biden's Authority to Immediately Secure the Border
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, recently joined a group of 13 senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), to introduce a resolution in the U.S. Senate denouncing the Biden administration's open border policies. Since President Biden took office, there have been more than 9.2 mi  more

Connolly Statement on Deaths of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement: "The death of seven World Central Kitchen volunteers bringing food to desperately hungry Palestinians is an abhorrent act of indiscriminate bombing by Israeli Defense Forces. It is indefensible and a further dark c  more

Connolly Statement on Republican Effort to Rename Dulles International Airport After Donald Trump
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after House Republicans introduced a bill to rename Dulles International Airport after Donald Trump: "Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I'd suggest they find a federal prison." *** Original text here: https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4960  more

Connolly Statement on USPS OIG Audit of Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General published its audit report on the Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond: "This USPS OIG report has revealed Postmaster DeJoy's "Delivering for A  more

House Education Committee Chairwoman Foxx Touts Bipartisan Bills to Align Education Opportunities With Workforce Needs
WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott on a bipartisan panel discussion hosted by Business Roundtable on "Building America's Ever-Ready Workforce." Foxx discussed modernizing America's workforce development system and emphasized the need fo  more

Reschenthaler Introduces Bill to Rename the Washington Dulles International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport
WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) introduced H.R. 7845, legislation to honor our nation's 45th president by renaming the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the Donald J. Trump International Airport. "In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump," said Reschenthaler. "As millions of domestic and international t  more

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Manchin Announces More Than $470K in Land & Water Conservation Grants to Develop, Upgrade Local West Virginia Parks
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $470,254 in funding for projects to improve public outdoor recreation, provide additional fields and playground access across West Virginia and to develop West Milford's first community park. This f  more