WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the U.S. Forest Service's practices concerning forest management, land management plans and firefighting equipment. "The increasingly devastating outcomes from wildfire  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the U.S. Forest Service's practices concerning forest management, land management plans   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led 176 of their colleagues in writing to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to urge OPM to require all insurance carriers in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program -- the largest employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the world -- to cover IVF medical treatments and medications in plan year 2025  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech a $628,220 grant for cancer detection and diagnosis research. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Early and regular cancer screening is essential before cancer has a chance to spread and cause death." "I am proud the Department of  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor's (DOL) final fiduciary rule: "DOL failed to learn from its own past blunders. This final fiduciary rule mirrors its shameful predecessor that was vacated by the 5th U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement on the Department of Labor's (DOL) final overtime rule, which would negatively impact workers, small businesses, nonprofits, colleges, and universities: "Any way you cut it, Biden's overtime rule is a bad d  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 21, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Columbia President Dr. Minouche Shafik, Columbia Trustees Co-Chair David Greenwald, and Columbia Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman demanding the administration immediately take action to crack down on the violent, antisemitic pr  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)--both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation--introduced bipartisan legislation to help break down unnecessary barriers that Americans with disabilities continue to experience at Amtrak rail stations across the country. The bipartisan Think DIFFERENTLY Transportation Act   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a finalized rule banning employers from imposing non-compete agreements on their employees. Kaine applauded the proposed rule last January. "If we want to continue to grow our economy, we must protect and empower American workers. I'm glad the Federal Trade Commission is taking this step to ban no  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,000,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the town of Davis to support important upgrades to their wastewater systems. This federal award is one of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Co-Chair Doris Matsui (CA-07), Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-04) led a group of 54 lawmakers in introducing a resolution to commemorate Earth Day 2024. The resolution celebrates recent historic environmental actions to improve the health and wellbein  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger last night hosted an open, public telephone town hall to discuss issues faced by Virginia families, small businesses, and seniors. During Monday's event, Spanberger and Seventh District residents discussed many topics -- including supporting Virginia's Veterans, fixing America's broken immigration system, protecting retirement benefits for Vir  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Kiggans released the below statement after voting for three security supplemental bills to provide critical military aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan as well as support U.S. forces stationed abroad. H.R. 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, and H.R. 8036, the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropri  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a Member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee -- today released the following statement after voting with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House to pass a critical national security package. "Today, serious lawmakers did their jobs, voted to maintain our standing in the world, and demonstrated the power and goodwill of the United States of America.   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- 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 Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Biden administration released a final rule to close loopholes and prevent unscrupulous financial advisers from ripping off their retirement clients. "Every hardworking American deserves access to a secure and dignified retirement. Unfortunately,   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- 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 issued a final rule that would raise the salary threshold for salaried workers to automatically qualify for overtime compensation. According to the Department of Labor, the rule would guarantee overtime pa  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), and a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to require all insurance carriers in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to cover in-vitro fertilization (IVF) medic  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), and a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to require all insurance carriers in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to cover in-vitro fertilizati  more