WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: The Biden Administration's inaction on approving crucial and routine state Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans is delaying essential funds for child care providers, Republican leader on the House Committee on Ways and Means Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Republican leader on the House Committee on Education and Labor Rep. Virgini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: The Biden administration's inaction on approving crucial and routine state Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans is delaying essential funds for child care providers, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned in a   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This week Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) issued a pair of letters to Biden Administration Officials, pressing them for information related to illicit drugs, including Chinese fentanyl, coming across the U.S. Southern Border. "America has hit another tragic milestone: 100,000 drug overdose deaths reported in a one-year period and West Virginia sadly tops the list with the highest overdo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led all of her Republican colleagues on the committee in introducing the Section 401 Certification Act, legislation codifying the Trump administration's 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led all of her Republican colleagues on the committee in introducing the Section 401 Certification Act, legislation codifying the Trump administration's 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule (401 Rule). Specifically, the legislation would ens  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, in a letter with 64 colleagues pushing committee leadership to keep the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (MJIIPA) in the final NDAA bill language. The bipartisan and bicameral letter is signed by 44 senators and 22 members of the House. MJIIPA would p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Shane Whitehair, executive director of the Region VII Planning and Development Council in Buckhannon, West Virginia, involving a hearing on Nov. 3, 2021, entitled "Examining Programs at the Economic Development Administration": * * * My name is Shane Whitehair, and I am the Executive Director of the Region VII Planning and Development Council based in Buckhannon West Virginia, which serves  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three projects totaling $1,311,588.70 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Appalachian Abattoir, West Virginia Farmers Market Association and Tri-State Local Foods as part of the Local Agriculture Marketing Programs (LAMP). Thes  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- 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 Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a total of $1,236,867 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Cabell, Kanawha, Mingo, and Wayne counties to assist with recovery efforts as a result of severe wint  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three projects totaling $1,311,588.70 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Appalachian Abattoir, West Virginia Farmers Market Association and Tri-State Local Foods as part of the Local Agriculture Marketing Programs (LAMP). These three project  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced a total of $1,236,867 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Cabell, Kanawha, Mingo, and Wayne counties to assist with recovery efforts as a result of severe winter   more