WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) released the following statement on the announcement that the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management would be moving back to Washington, DC. "The return of the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Washington, DC will enable the agency to best carry out its mission. "The hastily executed relocation by the previous administration forced hundreds of ex  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: In the aftermath of the chaotic end to operations in Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a resolution calling for Congress to recognize and honor those men and women who fought in America's Global War on Terror in Afghanistan and whose selfless sacrifice and efforts helped keep our nation safe. The bicameral resolution affirms that "the peace the Uni  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,238,860 from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security's Justice and Community Services section. This funding was made available through the O  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded $2,549,875 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for communities in Southwest Virginia. The funding, awarded through ARC's POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative, will go toward three projects in the region to help spur economic diversification. "We're proud   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), along with Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today requesting that she direct the National Park Service to accept a 40-acre donation of land that would enhance and protect the Fort Monroe National Monument. "Despite Fort Monroe's significance to American history and exceptional recr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris Van Hollen and 8 of their National Capital Region colleagues in urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to alleviate flight path noise for their constituents. The members' letter, sent to FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson, presses the FAA to consider new community recommendations to reduce flight noise as a result of th  more