WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements on Dec. 13, 2021: * * * Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements after President Biden issued an executive or  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 14 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 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 home health care visits for $1,763,968. "I am pleased that the funding for these home visits comes directly from the American Rescue Plan my colleagues and I passed in Congress earlier this year," said Rep. McEachin (VA-04).   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 14 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge: 11th graders Reagan Duffy and Michael Beauchamp from Chesapeake, Virginia. They created Cyber Adventure, an educational app that teaches young minds about safe cyber practices. Cyber Adventure includes a game and trivia about cybersecurity topics that increase in difficulty w  more

STERLING, Virginia, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced that the City of Manassas Park has been awarded a federal Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant, totaling $250,000, for the purpose of hiring new law enforcement professionals. "I've been a strong supporter of community policing initiatives in Congress. W  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Republican Leader Rick Allen sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh opposing DOL's proposed rule, which prioritizes the interests of left-wing special interests,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Vice Chair Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH-01), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation, introduced legislation aiming to counter Chinese maritime militia fleets in the South China Sea. The Countering PRC Maritime Militia Fleet Act (H.R. 6158) requires the Department of Defense (D  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,103,667 from the American Rescue Plan to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) as part of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. This funding is distributed through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today applauded an announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it will drop a plan to close the Air Traffic Control Tower at Richmond International Airport between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. The decision follows a November 23 letter from the two Senators that urged the FAA to maintain the Control Tower's current   more