WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) voted last night to impose new economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus in response to the illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act would suspend normal trade relations with both countries, allowing President Biden to raise tariffs on Russian and Belarusian goods. The House's vote follows President Biden's announceme  more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, March 19 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), announced $2,498,996 million in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide housing and service programs throughout Coastal Virginia. The funding is part of the $2.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards for roughly 7,000 local homeless housing and service programs across the United States   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, H.R. 1667, was signed into law today. This bill will enhance the mental and behavioral health resources that are available to support health care professionals. Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01), is a lead sponsor of the bill. "It's time we take care of the health care professionals who are charged with caring for the rest of us,"   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) participated in a joint meeting of the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources and House Select Climate Republicans for a special forum, Pain at the Pump: Biden's War on American Energy, to discuss President Biden's anti-American energy policies that have driven record-high gas prices and aided Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "The Biden Administ  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) voted to end normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in the House of Representatives' latest effort to hold Russia accountable for their unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Congresswoman Miller is a co-sponsor of this legislation. Specifically, H.R. 7108 would suspend "Permanent Normal Trade Relations" for Russia and normal trade relations for Belarus in order to  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney introduced the "Make Medicine in America Again Act." This bill helps incentivize the domestic production of pharmaceuticals to ensure the United States can supply the medicines Americans need. "The coronavirus pandemic has exposed our nation's dependence on China for critical and life-saving prescription drugs." said Congressman Alex X. Mooney. "My bill would create tax dedu  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, the U.S. Senate passed the Safe Connections Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) that would help survivors of domestic violence and other crimes cut ties with their abusers and separate from shared wireless service plans, which can be exploited to monitor, stalk, or control victims. "Oftentimes, victims in domestic abuse situations   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) this week joined U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and group of 24 other senators in demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) provide answers on recent actions to infringe on Americans' Second Amendment rights by preventing law-abiding citizens from creating and owning suppressors. In a letter to ATF Acting Director  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, urged Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Meta, to disarm Russian President Vladimir Putin's campaign of dangerous disinformation by banning Russian state-controlled media outlets on Meta platforms. "Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) pressed Wells Fargo for answers after a Bloomberg News investigation revealed that the financial services company approved only 47 percent of Black homeowners' refinancing applications in 2020 - an approval rate significantly below other lenders, who approved about 70 percent of Black homeowners' refinancing applications. "I am writing regarding a recent Bl  more