U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia
After Sen. Manchin Efforts, Flights at Clarksburg and Lewisburg Airports Will Continue
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
Last week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg following the announcement from SkyWest that they plan to discontinue Essential Air Services (EAS) to North Central West Virginia Airport in Clarksburg (CKB) and Greenbrier Valley Airport in Lewisburg (LWB). Senator Manchin urged Secretary Buttigieg to place a hold on the termin
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Joint Economic Committee Releases Women Equal Pay Day Report
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news:
In recognition of Women's Equal Pay Day, the Joint Economic Committee released a new report highlighting how, despite progress, women continue to face barriers to equal pay for equal work.
Women's Equal Pay Day represents how far into the year an American woman must work, on average, in order to earn as much as an American man earned in the past year. In 2020, the latest yea
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $15,000 to Enhance Healthcare Accessibility & Transportation in Goochland County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $15,000 to GoochlandCares -- a local nonprofit organization and free clinic with a mission to provide healthcare to elderly, low-income, and disabled Goochland residents -- to increase access to healthcare in Goochland County.
The funding -- which Spanberger successfully secured
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $150,000 for Trail Improvements in Powhatan County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $150,173 for the construction of a new walking and running trail in Powhatan County.
The funding for a new "Education Connection Trail" -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations package -- will support a new trail connectin
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $1M for Otterdale Road Improvement Project in Chesterfield County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $1 million to improve drainage along Otterdale Road in Chesterfield County -- alleviating the significant flooding that routinely occurs during heavy rainstorms at crossings along the road.
Ongoing flooding at Otterdale Road poses risks to the lives and safety of local re
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $1M to Build a 24-Hour Detox and Recovery Center in Henrico County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $1 million to build a 24-hour center to provide same-day inpatient detox services in Henrico County.
The funding for a Henrico County Detox and Recovery Center -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations pack
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $200,000 for Development of Historic Carver Center in Culpeper County Into Rural Community Education Campus
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $200,000 for the roof replacement of the Carver Center, previously George Washington Carver Regional High School, in Culpeper County.
The roof replacement is integral in the continued development of the Carver Center into a rural community education campus.
The funding for Culp
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $375,000 for New Clerk of the Court's Office in Amelia County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $375,000 for a new office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Amelia County.
The funding for Amelia County -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations package -- will be used to renovate a former bank buildi
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide $775,000 for Affordable Housing in Louisa County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $775,000 for affordable housing in Louisa County.
The funding -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of the House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations package -- will help increase access to affordable housing for families in Louisa County.
"As we rebuild from
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide More Than $1.8M for Water Treatment Plant Expansion in Spotsylvania County
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $1,840,000 to expand the Motts Run Water Treatment Plant in Spotsylvania.
The major funding for Spotsylvania County -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations package -- will be used to improve water service
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide More Than $120,000 for Booster Park Revitalization Project in Orange
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to provide $122,590 for the revitalization of Booster Park in Orange.
The thousands of dollars in funding for improvements to Booster Park -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations package -- will be used for repairs
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President Biden Signs Into Law Rep. Spanberger Legislation to Provide More Than $900,000 for New Blackstone Fire Truck
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15 2022:
President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $923,937 for the purchase of an aerial ladder fire truck for the Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department.
The funding for the Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department -- which Spanberger successfully secured as part of a House and Senate-passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriatio
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Rep. Beyer: Co-Chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group Sound Alarm of Russia's Seizure of Ukraine Nuclear Facilities
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Massachusetts's U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and John Garamendi (CA-03), today sent a letter to President Biden urging his support for the deployment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Ukraine in light of Russia's reckless attacks on nuclear facilities there. All four members serve as co-chairs of the Nuclear W
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Rep. Beyer: Joint Economic Committee Releases Women's Equal Pay Day Report
WASHINGTON, March 16 (TNSRep) -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
In recognition of Women's Equal Pay Day, the Joint Economic Committee released a new report highlighting how, despite progress, women continue to face barriers to equal pay for equal work.
Women's Equal Pay Day represents how far into the year an American woman must work, on average, in order to earn as much as an American man earned in the past year. In 2020, the latest year for which data are avai
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Rep. Luria Requests Funding to Address USACE Staff Shortage, Accelerate Permit Process
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) led members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation in requesting an additional $65 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Regulatory Office in President Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 budget request.
Resource constraints have caused substantial permit delays in the USACE Norfolk District Regulatory Office involving wetland delineations, reviews and approvals of important
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Rep. McKinley Questions Environmental Activist Organizations on Russian Dark Money
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01), joined Energy and Commerce Committee members on letters questioning three environmental groups with financial ties to a San Francisco-based organization called the Sea Change Foundation, regarding Russian funding and influence over U.S. environmental advocacy organizations.
"For years, there have been reports of Russia funding extreme environmental orga
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Rep. Miller to Huntington Herald-Dispatch: President Biden's Open Border Worsens West Virginia's Drug Crisis
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Huntington Herald-Dispatch:
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Congresswoman Miller recently traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to see firsthand how President Biden's open border policies have paved the way for unprecedented national security, humanitarian, and public health crises. In the piece, she discusses how the consequences of these crises are felt not only in America's border states, but in West Virginia.
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Reps. Foxx, Allen Call on DOL IG to Investigate Walsh Participation in Strike Activity
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2022:
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Inspector General Larry D. Turner requesting that he review Secretary Marty Walsh's participation in strike a
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Sen. Capito Meets With Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brown Jackson
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 15, 2022:
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the following statement after meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ahead of her confirmation hearings.
"Today, I met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and we had a candid conversation about her background and her record as a judge.
"I appreciate Judge Jackson's readiness to discuss the impac
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Sen. Kaine Applauds Committee Passage of PREVENT Pandemics Act, Including Part of His Long COVID Bill
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded HELP Committee passage of the bipartisan Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), which would strengthen our nation's public health and medical preparedness and response systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Provisions fr
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Senate Energy Committee Issues Opening Statement From Chairman Manchin on FERC Guidance on Natural Gas Pipelines
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 3, 2022, on FERC guidance on natural gas pipelines:
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The committee will come to order.
Today's hearing is about the recent action taken by the Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which - in my view - served to elevate environmental considerations above American energy reliab
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Sens. Capito, Manchin Announce Funding for Agricultural Research Project at WVU
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15, 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 $817,167 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to West Virginia University (WVU). This funding will support research on the influence of microbiomes on the productivity, health
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Sens. Capito, Manchin Join Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging IRS to Address Ongoing Concerns, Delays
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- 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.) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 Senators and Representatives in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig reiterating ongoing concerns and urging the IRS to provide much needed relief to taxpayers. As the IRS struggles to address customer service and processing issues, its lack of
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Sens. Manchin, Capito Announce Funding for Agricultural Research Project at WVU
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022:
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $817,167 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to West Virginia University (WVU). This funding will support research on the influence of microbiomes on the productivity, health, drought toler
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Sens. Manchin, Capito Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging IRS to Address Ongoing Concerns, Delays
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 Senators and Representatives in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig reiterating ongoing concerns and urging the IRS to provide much needed relief to taxpayers. As the IRS struggles to address customer service and processing issues, its lack of action is causing
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Sens. Manchin, Rounds to President Biden: Absence of Rural Representation on VA Air Commission Is Concerning
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022:
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), are leading the effort to make certain rural perspectives are taken into consideration by the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission. In a letter to President Biden, the Senators expressed their concerns that all those who have been nominated to serve on the AIR
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Sens. Warner, Kaine Join Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Address Ongoing Processing Delays
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Bob Menedez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the IRS to provide much needed relief as the agency struggles to address customer service and processing issues. The IRS's lack of action is ca
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Sens. Warner, Kaine Join Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Address Ongoing Processing Delays
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Bob Menedez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the IRS to provide much needed relief as the agency struggles to address customer service and processing issues. The IRS's lack of action is
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Statement of U.S. Sen. Warner on New VA Recommendations to Realign and Modernize VA Health Care
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement:
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the statement below after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a new report with recommendations to realign and modernize the VA health care system nationwide.
"For years, I've pushed to make sure that Virginia's veterans have access to quality and timely health care that they have earned through years of service to our country. I'm pleased to see the
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