WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced the Green Vehicle Adoption Nationwide (VAN) Act, which would provide tax credits for the purchase of zero-emission commercial vehicles from work vans to heavy duty trucks. "The Green VAN Act would make a big dent in American emissions and help restore our leadership on the climate crisis," said Rep. Beyer. "Commercial vehicles remain a significant source  more

HENRICO, Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill that would posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed during a deadly attack at the Kabul airport last month. The Spanberger-cosponsored legislation would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Ni  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Donald Beyer (VA-08) introduced the Clean Hydrogen Production and Investment Tax Credit Act of 2021. This bill would spur the development of clean energy by providing a tax credit to companies that reduce carbon emissions by producing "green" and "blue" hydrogen. By incentivizing the creation of these cleaner fuels we are taking an essen  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met virtually with Dr. Rahul Gupta, nominee to be the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). During their meeting, Durbin and Gupta discussed the Doctor's work combatting the opioid epidemic in West Virginia and how he will draw upon his extensive public heal  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) attended a picnic hosted by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in Racine. Senator Manchin joined UMWA President Cecil Roberts and West Virginia miners in honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain and celebrating Labor Day. "Yesterday was a wonderful day celebrating Labor Day and honoring hardworking W  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,421,078 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to provide children across West Virginia  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,421,078 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to provide children across West Virginia with access to  more