WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following floor statement on Dec. 14, 2021, on legislation to increase the debt limit: * * * Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, led the floor debate for House Democrats on legislation to increase the debt limit. Below are his remarks as prepared. "I am pleased that with today's vote, the House is finally taking action to protect our nat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSRep) -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on Dec. 14, 2021: The Joint Economic Committee released a new report highlighting how six months of advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, included in President Biden's American Rescue Plan, have dramatically reduced childhood poverty and improved family finances. The expansion of the CTC is expected to reduce childhood poverty by 40% and lift 4 million children out   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Michael Bennet led Senators Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, and Catherine Cortez Masto on the Senate floor calling for swift passage of the Build Back Better bill that will lower costs and extend the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Senator Kaine shared stories  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement blasting Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the House Select Committee on the Economy's press conference touting child care provisions in Democrats' massive spending bill: "Democrats' pipe dreams will make child ca  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after voting no on a bill to increase the debt limit: "Instead of addressing the national debt, which now surpasses $29 trillion, the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats want to add trillions more through their reconciliation bill. "Raising the debt limit by $2.5 trillion without anything in the way of spending reform o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) announces his co-sponsorship of the HALT Fentanyl Act, which will equip law enforcement with the tools they need to go after drug traffickers pushing deadly fentanyl into communities across the U.S. The emergency class-wide scheduling for fentanyl-related substances is set to expire on February 18, 2022. There are deadly consequences if Speaker Pelosi and Democrats al  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) met yesterday with the West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association to discuss her recently introduced legislation, the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Reinstatement Act. The ERTC Reinstatement Act will help local small restaurants and businesses recover from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ERTC was designed to help small businesses reh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The House Rules Committee did not accept Congressman Alex X. Mooney's amendment to H.R. 5665 - Combatting International Islamophobia Act sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Rep. Omar's bill would create a Special Envoy position at the Department of State to counter islamophobia. The State Department already has a Special Representative for Muslim Communities and two other State Department officials who  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement on the passage of the House and Senate bipartisan compromise of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which Wexton was an original cosponsor of in the House: "I'm proud that we've come together to pass a bipartisan agreement on this critical legislation to keep goods made with forced labor off of American store shelves and hold th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, introduced the Employer-Directed Skills Act (H.R. 6255) to empower America's job creators to provide skills development opportunities that equip workers for in-demand jobs. "Millions of Americans remain out of the workforce, even while employers across the country are struggling to hire   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) sent a bipartisan letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to preserve access for millions of women and other patient populations to compounded hormone therapy treatment options. Wexton and Herrera Beutler are taking action in response to a recent report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement ahead of Dr. Robert M. Califf's appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Dr. Califf has been nominated to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "It is abundantly clear the FDA has failed to keep Americans safe. I can't fathom why we would confirm someone whose actions fa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Varney and Co. on Fox Business Network to discuss West Virginians' opposition the Democrats' $5 trillion reckless tax-and-spending legislation, and the real-life impacts of President Joe Biden's inflation crisis. HIGHLIGHTS: PROPOSED GREEN PROVISIONS HARMFUL TO WEST VIRGINIA: "The way it's written now, it would really p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $108,801 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. This funding will help enhance West Virginia's animal disease preparedness capabilitie  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement on the status of voting rights legislation in Congress: "When it comes to voting rights, when it comes to that basic right to exercise and participate in democracy, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would ensure we uphold what makes our democracy strong. Across the country, in states like Georgia and Texas, the rights of all Am  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined a group of her Republican colleagues in discussing the proposed expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Democrats' spending bill that would provide $80 billion in additional funding to the agency for tens of thousands of additional enforcement agents, and audits of small businesses and individuals across th  more