WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: In an op-ed published today in the Washington Examiner, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, discussed the need for the Senate to conduct a full impeachment trial for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to articles of impeac  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following the one-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, along with U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), introduced a resolution condemning the Russian government for their arrests of several American citizens and calling for their immediate and unconditi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing in Washington, D.C. on the Windfall Elimination Penalty (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. In March 2024, Graves and Representative Abigail Spanberger (Virginia) called on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to hold a  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act.T he bipartisan legislation provides essential updates and improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that will expand skills development an  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023, which helps the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children better protect our nation's children. The bipartisan legislation's   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called out the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for its unsatisfactory production of documents after being subpoenaed by the Committee. PBGC was subpoenaed for failing to provide adequate responses to the Committee's inquiries regardi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: On Tuesday, April 16, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care." "Employer-sponsored insurance--governed by the   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittees on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs issued the following information for a hearing entitled "How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety" at 10 a.m. on April 16, 2024, at 2154 Rayburn House Office Building: Witnesses and testimonies: * Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Senior Fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security, Center for Renewing America * Bill Waybourn, Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas * Mike Chapman,  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, the House passed S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. The House companion bill, H.R. 5224, was authored by Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the Committee. This bipa  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, The House passed H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act. This bipartisan legislation makes critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that will expand the skills development provided under the law, strengthen the relationship between employers and the workforce system, an  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take proactive steps to address supply chain disruptions caused by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The tragic collapse of the Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 could have a significant impact on domestic trade, inte  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced the Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act, legislation to address health care workforce shortages in Virginia and across the country. The bill would help internationally educated health care professionals overcome common barriers to entering the health care workforce in the United States. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), about two million coll  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,280,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the West Virginia Department of Transportation. The funding will be used to reconstruct 1,350 feet of State Route 39 (WV 39) and raise the roadway seven feet to prevent flooding from the nearby Cherry River. "Our transportation system is the fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans, if implemented, would provide debt relief to over 30 mi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, led 44 of their colleagues in filing a   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10 a.m. on April 16, 2024: Agenda Nominees * The Honorable Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * Ms. Pamela M. Tremont, of Virginia, a Career Member  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $10,251,613 in federal funding for Stafford County to improve the resiliency of Brooke Road. The funding was awarded through the Department of Transportation's Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT) Grant Program, which was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law the sen  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $24,439,297 in federal funding for two resiliency projects in the Commonwealth. The funding, courtesy of the Department of Transportation Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT) Grant Program, was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law the senators passed and  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Employers are struggling to find workers with the skills necessary to fill nearly nine million open jobs in the country. Job seekers are struggling to gain the skills necessary for success. That mismatch is hurting America's economic competitiveness. In order to address these challenges and ensure qualified workers can access good-paying  more