WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following the introduction of U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan bill to help increase police officer pay and to assist local police departments with hiring, several national law enforcement organizations have now backed her legislation. Spanberger's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) on the Beat Program Reauthorization and Parity Act would reauthorize the COPS on the Beat Grant Progr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: Representative Luria announced the first round of investments to repair Virginia's bridges through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Virginia will receive $107.4 million to fix bridges in Fiscal Year 2022, part of a total $536.8 million investment over the next five years. "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is delivering much needed funding to support the hundreds of bri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Congresswoman Elaine Luria announced that Virginia's second Congressional District will receive $323,503,295 through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' updated work plans. The new funds were made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, which Congresswoman Luria supported. "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA), applauded $369,000,000 in federal funding for a number of key projects, including the City of Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management project and the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project. This funding, awarded through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was made possible by the bip  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced his letter to The Honorable Alan Davidson, the recently confirmed Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The NTIA is the main agency charged with administering and overseeing the billions of dollars appropriated by Congress intended to close the digital divide. In his letter, Congressman Wittman   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (VA-10-D) and Mike Waltz (FL-6-R) introduced the Irresponsible Olympic Collaboration Act that would strip the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of its 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. This follows repeated attempts from U.S. officials and numerous international human rights groups to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China due to their ongoing human r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA), applauded $369,000,000 in federal funding for a number of key projects, including the City of Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management project and the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project. This funding, awarded through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was made possible  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) encouraged all West Virginians to order free at-home COVID-19 tests to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Today is the first day Americans and West Virginians can order one set of four free at-home COVID-19 tests through the beta ordering site, which will open officially tomorrow. Tests will be shipped for free through the U.S. Postal Service. "Starting today, every Wes  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA), applauded $369,000,000 in federal funding for a number of key projects, including the City of Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management project and the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project. This funding, awarded through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was made possible by the biparti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: 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 applauded the news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has allocated funding for projects and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the availability of $13 million in funding for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) and Behavioral Health Care Support (BHS) program through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and e  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, issued the following statement today after President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum (NSM) to improve the cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems, as required in Executive Order (E.O) 14  more