WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. "President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court is an important and historic moment. "Judge Jackson is eminently qualified, possesses an impressive depth of ex  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) latest guidance on mask mandates in schools: "The CDC's latest guidance regarding masking in schools comes too little too late - the irreparable d  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is one of our nation's brightest legal minds and an eminently qualified candidate for the Supreme Court. She has an impressive breadth of legal experience, serving as a federal appellate judge, a federal district c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) issued a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is a reckless act of aggression. We stand with the innocent people Ukraine, urging their resolve and strength against this evil," said Rep. McKinley. "The U.S. and our allies must meet Russia's deliberate acts of war with a strong response that   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-02) issued the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "All freedom loving people in the world should advocate for the safety and security of the Ukrainian people. The United States must stand with Ukraine and our NATO allies against the ruthless aggressions by Russia. "As is true of any sovereign nation, Ukraine should be free from unprovoked foreig  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, recognized National Public Schools Week which runs from February 21st - 25th. In the American Recue Plan, Chairman Scott helped secure $ 2.1 billion for Virginia K-12 schools to stay open safely and make up for lost learning time. Nationwide, t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the No Surprises for COVID-19 Tests Act today, which extends free COVID-19 testing beyond the Public Health Emergency, ensures that patients do not receive surprise medical bills for coro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and a group of her colleagues announced the introduction of the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act to increase transparency for a $42 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act broadband buildout grant awarded to the National Technology Information Administration (NTIA), which is currently exempted from transparency requirements unde  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) made stops over the past several days in Elkins, Parsons, Charleston, Friendly, New Martinsville, and Paden City during the U.S. Senate's state work week. The visits focused on infrastructure investments, homeland security, education, broadband, and economic development throughout West Virginia. On Tuesday, Senator Capito joined Govern  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. "Evaluating Supreme Court nominees is an important constitutional duty, and one that I take seriously as a U.S. Senator. "Now tha  more

CHARLESON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.), and Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) held the initial organizing meeting for the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group, an enormous opportunity made available through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Hydrogen Hub Working Group will col  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement today on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to the Supreme Court. "I believe Judge Jackson is highly qualified and dedicated to liberty and justice for all. She has a distinguished background serving as a federal public defender, an appellate court judge  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today issued a statement on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States. "As West Virginia's Senator, I take my Constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on a nominee to the Supreme Court very seriously. "Just as I have done with previous Supreme Court nominees,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) held the initial organizing meeting for the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group, an enormous opportunity made available th  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) held the initial organizing meeting for the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group, an enormous opportunity made available through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Hydrogen Hub Working Group will collaborate and support a stron  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today sent letters to Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter urging the companies to prevent misuse of their platforms by Russia and Russia-linked entities. "In addition to Russia's established use of influence operations as a tool of strategic influence, information warfare constitutes   more