WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott sent a letter urging the Department of Education to hold the executives of failed for-profit colleges and converted for-profit colleges personally liable for money the institution owes to the federal government. Committee investigations--including a 2020 report on the defunct Dream Ce  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: U.S. Representative Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Empowering Local Curriculum Act. This legislation would clarify that the Biden Administration cannot leverage existing federal funds to mandate that schools teach Critical Race Theory (CRT). Local school boards will be accountable to the parents, not the Administration or federal bureaucrats. "Divisive curriculum like Critical Race Theory, or  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Virginia Department of Health for $496,328 for the prevention of childhood lead poisoning. "I am pleased to see these significant funds come to the Commonwealth and aid the Department of Health's work to prevent lead poisoning and monitor children who may be   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined WOWK 13 News' Inside West Virginia Politics to discuss the latest on infrastructure talks in the House of Representatives, addiction recovery efforts in the state, and her work to promote West Virginia commodities around the world. Highlights: On Infrastructure Talks in the House of Representatives: "We need good infrastructure in West Virginia, as well as all  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex Mooney (WV-02) is excited to announce the 2021 Congressional App Challenge, an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or apps) written in any programming language, for any platform (desktop/PC, web, mobile, raspberry Pi, etc.). The Challenge's submission portal is now open, and students are encouraged to register online by September   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Alejandra Castillo, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development at the Department of Commerce, for several visits in Huntington. Today's stops   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Alejandra Castillo, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development at the Department of Commerce, for several visits in Huntington. Today's stops included a roundtable discussion and presentation with young talent r  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a letter led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) urging the Biden administration to take swift, robust action to protect and support Afghan women leaders facing unparalleled danger following the Taliban's violent sweep across Afghanistan and seizure of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) hosted U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo in Huntington to promote economic development and job growth in West Virginia, specifically in coal communities. Senator Manchin and Secretary Castillo announced $2,654,350 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for three programs that support economic development,   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) hosted executives from Polaris, Kawasaki and Honda to tour the Hatfield-McCoy trails to highlight West Virginia's quickly expanding ATV industry and the growing adventure tourism opportunities in southern West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCoy trails created an estimated economic impact of more than $38 million in 2019. To learn more about the H  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2021: * * * "Those who served in Afghanistan did so with exemplary valor and unquestionable honor. For two decades, the United States dominated the battlefield. We established a democratic government. We secured freedom for the Afghan people. For many veterans of Afghanistan, watching the chaos they held at bay for nearly twenty years unfold so rapidly has been heart-wrenching. "Fault for thi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2021: * * * "Throughout President Biden's address yesterday, he presented a false dichotomy. Based on his address, one would be led to believe the United States must have either withdrawn exactly as we did or remained in Afghanistan for another decade. That is not the case. The criticism President Biden faces is not for his decision to withdraw but for the manner in which he did. "He chose to  more

HENRICO, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger hosted U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm in Central Virginia to highlight the economic benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation recently passed in the U.S. Senate, as well as to amplify ongoing, community-focused efforts to create clean energy jobs in the region. Spanberger brought Secretary Granholm to the s  more