WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced the introduction of the Safe Travel Act, which would require proof of vaccination or a negative covid test within 72 hours of travel for domestic airline and Amtrak trips. The legislation would also require all affiliated airport or Amtrak employees to be vaccinated or be subject to weekly covid testing. Beyer sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks on Sept. 9, 2021, during a markup of the budget reconciliation package for fiscal 2022: * * * At the opening of today's markup of the Democrats' Fiscal Year 2022 Education and Labor budget reconciliation package, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, slamming Democrats' social  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: * ** Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the White House announced it will be ordering the Department of Labor to issue a national regulation on worker vaccination: "Biden has no business issuing a burdensome vaccine regulation that will  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House unveiled their drug pricing scheme: "The costs of prescription drugs are a major concern for workers and families, especially now as Biden's  more

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement reflecting on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that took place in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. "This year marks the twentieth anniversary of a day that every American will never forget. 2,977 people were tragically killed by terrorists who hate our freedoms and our way of life. More than 6,000 others were injured   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Last week, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Ranking Member of the House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee joined Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Dr. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader to introduce the Curriculum Review of Teachings (CRT) Transparency Act. This legislation would require local school districts to post the curriculum for each  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021, during a markup for the Build Back Better Act: * * * "Last month, the House passed a budget resolution for Fiscal 2022, which instructed 13 House Committees to write a proposal that would deliver a $3.5 trillion investment that will transform our economy in ways that will make our nation more prosperous, equitable and fairer. "Today,   more

HENRICO, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- conducted a five-stop Central Virginia Farm Tour. During her Farm Tour, Spanberger met with Central Virginia crop and livestock producers, farm families, and agribusinesses to learn more about how they are responding to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, how Congress can both   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Sept. 9, 2021: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to do everything in his power to ensure the safe departure of remaining students and staff from American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), including by granting them presumptive eligibility for Priority-2 (P-2)   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,962,541 in federal funding for the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (Beckley) and the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (Parkersburg) to support public charter service to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). The term of this service will run fro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021, after President Biden announced his intent to nominate District of Columbia Public Service Commission Chairman Willie Phillips to serve at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: * * * "I am pleased that the President has sent us a nominee to fill the FERC seat recently vacated by Commissioner Chatterjee. "As I have said   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, thanked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for extending funding under the Alternate Essential Air Service (AEAS) program for the Raleigh County and Mid-Ohio Valley Airports and resolving a dispute over payments provided by the Department in 2019 while Beckley Airport's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of EPW's Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, joined by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, and David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of EPW's Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, joined by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House En  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D. W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $674,780 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs at Williamson Health and Wellness Center and Marshall University. "Medication-Assisted Treatment is an evidence-based, effe  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,380,345 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles for improvement projects. The Senators also announced $207,500 to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to help  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $674,780 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs at Williamson Health and Wellness Center and Marshall University. "West Virginia continues to be ravaged by the drug epidemi  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,380,345 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles for improvement projects. The Senators also announced $207,500 to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to help conduct roving  more