WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: On the first day of the 2021 tax filing season, Sen. Warner raised concerns with the IRS after hearing from Virginians who are still waiting on their refunds from the 2020 filing season. These delays come as millions of Americans continue to face economic hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, Sen. Warner stre  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following opening statement at a Jan. 20, 2022, hearing entitled "FITARA 13.0". The FITARA is the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. * * * For the past six years, this Subcommittee has maintained steady and bipartisan oversight of agency implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITA  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, chairwoman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, issued the following joint news release on Jan. 24, 2022: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully reached its final destination at the second Lagrange point (L2). Over the next five months of commissioning, JWST will align its optics and calibrate its scientific instruments b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-02) introduced the "Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act." This legislation would end the preferential tax treatment of abortion by prohibiting the life-taking procedure from being counted as an eligible medical procedure and exclude elective abortions from being paid for out of various types of health savings accounts. Abortion is not health care and should not   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: On Friday, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and Committee Democrats filed an amicus brief urging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to reinstate a policy under the Specialty Healthcare precedent to prevent anti-union employers from gerrymandering union representation elections. In the brie  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made several stops in the Kanawha County area highlighting education and economic development. First, Senator Capito made a stop in Institute, W.Va. where she toured the West Virginia State University campus and received an update on new developments, including the nursing program and football stadium. "It's great to see West   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) submitted an amicus curiae brief in West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court case challenging the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. Counsel of record for the senators is University of California, Berkeley Sch  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,341,957 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for several programs in West Virginia. This funding will support day report center service, police department body worn camera expansion, and school violence prevention.   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV, both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,341,957 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for several programs in West Virginia. This funding will support day report center service, police department body worn camera expansion, and school violence prevention. "Keeping our com  more