WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued the following statement after Russia's attack of Ukraine. "President Vladimir Putin's deployment of military forces to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is an inexcusable violation of international law. This reckless decision by the Russian government is an attack on national sovereignty and an affront to free people everywhere. It is a gross assertion   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney introduced the Readable Legislation Act. This legislation would allow the public and Members of Congress to accurately understand legislation introduced in Congress. "Readable legislation is a common practice in State legislatures across the country and promotes transparency," said Rep. Alex X. Mooney. "It is nearly impossible for the public to understand striking or amending  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement on further Russian aggression toward Ukraine. "For months, Putin has been amassing troops at the Ukrainian border and working to stress the Ukrainian economic and political system and on Monday night, he began sending troops into Ukraine. With the cataclysmic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Putin was given a rare opening to push his mal  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Rep. Elaine Luria (VA-02) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) led 43 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Department of Defense to update TRICARE's policy to cover at-home COVID-19 tests for active-duty servicemembers and military families. Recent guidance from President Biden and the Department of Health an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: In honor of Black History Month, Representatives A. Donald McEachin (VA-04), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the bipartisan African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. The bipartisan Senate companion legislation was introduced last week by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Mitt Romney (R-UT). "Since the inception of our country, the graves of African Americans have   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus and member of the Oversight Committee; Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), member of the Ways and Means Committee; and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, co-led the introduction of the No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2022, which would end the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds that are used  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Charleston Gazette-Mail: * * * In an op-ed Sunday for the Charleston Gazette-Mail, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) outlined her opposition to President Biden's nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator, a position she would serve in for 10 years if confirmed. "Ms. Raskin's contempt for energy jobs is clear. In May 2020--at the height of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made several stops in Tucker and Randolph counties to highlight economic development and infrastructure. Among the events today included a visit to Corridor H, where Senator Capito was joined by Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Congressman David McKinley (R-W.Va.), leaders with the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVD  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement supporting President Biden's announcement of new sanctions against Russia after President Putin ordered troops to Russian-backed breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine and violated Ukraine's sovereignty by formally recognizing those regions as independent. "  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, published an op-ed in the Wheeling Intelligencer on the new investments coming to West Virginia to address abandoned mine lands and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells. The historic amount of funding, made possibl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) visited Greenbrier County to tour Schoolhouse Hotel, downtown White Sulphur Springs Businesses, WV Great Barrel Company and Smooth Ambler. "This visit was a valuable opportunity for me to see firsthand the exciting developments underway in Greenbrier County. Greenbrier County has always been a hospitality hub of West Virginia an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 21, 2022: * * * Members of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives participating in the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to the Munich Security Conference today released this statement. "It now appears increasingly likely that Russian forces will initiate hostilities against a free and peaceful Ukraine. We as a bipartisan delegation will bring home the same unity an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $648,285 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to West Virginia University (WVU) through their Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program. This program will use tourism indicators to identify,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) applaud the designation of $1,000,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to two projects in Southwest Virginia. "We applaud this funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission for important projects in Russell and Wise counties. These funds will create jobs, improve public health, and boost local economies," the Senators said. The fund  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) applaud the designation of $1,000,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to two projects in Southwest Virginia. "We applaud this funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission for important projects in Russell and Wise counties. These funds will create jobs, improve public health, and boost local economies," the Senators said. The funds   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today after Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to formally recognize the independence of Moscow-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and ordered troops into those areas. "I just returned to Washington after several days of meetings with our partners and a  more