WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), and the House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ)   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), and the House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a committee hearing to examine bipartisan recycling and composting draft legislation. Below is the opening statement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOFpiuFDpk) of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 2, 2022: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a committee hearing to examine bipartisan recycling and composting draft legislation. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Carper. And I thank the witnesses for being here with us today. "A lot of what the chairman   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) was joined by Representatives Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Bob Good (VA-05), Rob Wittman (VA-01), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Rodney Davis (IL-13), and Chip Roy (TX-21) in introducing H.R. 6534, the Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement (SAVE) Act, which would prohibit organ transplant centers from denying an individual from receiving or donating an organ solely based on whether he or she is   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting inform  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to Democrats' so-called America Competes Act, a bill that fails to protect Americans from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) malign actions or to empower American job creators and workers. Republican Leader   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2022: Rep. Elaine Luria, House Armed Service Committee Vice Chair, urged TRICARE today to increase access to free COVID-19 tests for active-duty military personnel and their families. Unlike private insurance or other health care plans that are required to cover COVID-19 tests without additional restrictions, TRICARE beneficiaries still lack free and accessible tests that are covered and without li  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following remarks on Feb. 2, 2022: Today, during a Ways and Means Committee hearing titled, "America's Mental Health Crisis," Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) shed light on the negative impact COVID-19 lockdowns have on people struggling with mental health or substance abuse. Between April 2020 and April 2021, there were more than 1,600 drug overdose deaths in West Virginia and 100,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide, an inc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter on Feb. 1, 2022: To: The Honorable Merrick Garland, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Garland: We write to you today at the beginning of Black History Month about the disturbing trend of bomb threats and violence against our nation's Historical  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) joined Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC) as well as Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on the disturbing trend o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The House Committee on Education and Labor unveiled a new Multiemployer Pension Rescue Tracker to highlight the hard-earned pensions saved and businesses protected under Congressional Democrats' and President Biden's American Rescue Plan Act. The multiemployer pension crisis - which was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic - threatened t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the final group of Afghan nationals temporarily housed at Fort Pickett in Nottoway County as part of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) departed the base. "When I visited Fort Pickett in September -- not long after the arrival of the first evacue  more

STERLING, Virginia, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) touted a comprehensive new guide from the Biden Administration to help Virginia localities navigate all of the historic investments under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This guidebook, available here, highlights how local communities can take full advantage of urgently-needed infrastructure funding for road maintenance, e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and David Trone (D-MD-06) today announced that their legislation to help curtail the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States will be considered as an amendment for a bill the U.S. House will vote on later this week focused on strengthening America's economic and national security. According to a Pew study released last month, mo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), and the House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on the disturbing trend of bomb threats against Histori  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on legislative proposals to improve domestic recycling and composting programs. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) questioned witnesses about how her draft legislation, The Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act, would address recycling accessibility in underserved areas. She also asked abou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on legislative proposals to improve domestic recycling and composting programs. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) questioned witnesses about how her draft legislation, The Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act, would addr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today joined a group of her colleagues to highlight the devastating consequences and costs of the ongoing crisis at the southwest border, and to urge President Joe Biden to finally act to secure the border. In President Biden's first year in office, there were roughl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today: "Nothing is more important than ensuring that we protect and care for those individuals who risk their lives on our behalf. As we seek to understand the source and causes of these anomalous health incidents (AHIs), I welcome the findings and recommendations of th  more