WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on Dec. 21, 2021: * * * Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), co-chairs of Congress' Egypt Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement today on the sentencing of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer, and blogger Mohamed Ibrahim "Oxygen". "Today's sentencing of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in prison and human rights lawyer Mohamed  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 21, 2021, on President Biden's COVID-19 remarks: * * * "The Biden administration's focus on wrong-headed policy, like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-and-testing diktat, has directly contributed to the COVID-19 testing shortage now plaguing the country. "But rather than ad  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Many institutions of higher education are not taking the threat of China seriously. A recent report by the Foundation For Defense of Democracies (FDD) makes clear that Confucius Institutes (CIs) are not the only way the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) is trying to gain a foothold in the United States. There are multiple othe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) announces that his bill to name the Wheeling Federal Courthouse after Judge Fred Stamp was signed into law. "Judge Stamp is renowned for his humility, commitment to service above self and is a respected jurist who represents the very best of West Virginia," said McKinley. "It is an exceptionally proud day for the Wheeling community and our state to see th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a follow-up letter to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Marty Walsh to reiterate numerous concerns about DOL operations, including how the majority of DOL employees  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a follow-up letter to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Marty Walsh to reiterate numerous concerns about DOL operations, including how the majority of DOL em  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Ohio - West Virginia Youth Leadership Association (YLA) for improvements to Cave Lake Center in Latham. This funding will help install a fire-suppression system to one of the existing buildings. YLA will offer programs and services for students from low-income households and those who   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,306,263 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to support maternal and child health services across West Virginia. "Grants like this pr  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,504,837 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agen  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,135,703 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support West Virginia school meal programs and address supply chain disruptions. West Virginia will receive $6,110,3921 in supply chain assistance to help school distri  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,239,504 for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to help repair damage that occurred during the 2016 floods in West Virginia. "The 2016 floods devast  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) to lead 46 senators and 44 House members on an amicus curiae brief filed in the US Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in the pending case West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency. "Presidents cannot invent a law or change the law to fit their prefe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,306,263 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to support maternal and child health services across West Virginia. "West Virginia mothers and families rely on afford  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,504,837 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding will reimburse costs CAMC accrued from COVID-19 screening, testing, support services, an  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,239,504 for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to help repair damage that occurred during the 2016 floods in West Virginia. "Five years ago, southern West Virginia was ravaged by devastating flooding that tragically killed 23 fellow West Virgin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced that the Virginia Port Authority will receive $20 million in funding from the Department of Transportation for improvements to Portsmouth Marine Terminal that will allow it to serve as a staging area to support the manufacturing and movement of offshore wind goods to support the 2.6 gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind comm  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced that the Virginia Port Authority will receive $20 million in funding from the Department of Transportation for improvements to Portsmouth Marine Terminal that will allow it to serve as a staging area to support the manufacturing and movement of offshore wind goods to support the 2.6 gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind co  more