RIPLEY, West Virginia, April 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made multiple stops in Jackson County to discuss broadband expansion, announce key federal funding she secured for Ripley's wastewater system, and meet with local leaders. "Today's visits in Ripley re-emphasized two of the basic needs of the community, which are a safe, functioning water and wastewater system, and   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a comment letter to the Department of Education expressing concern over its proposed rule regarding the charter school programs (CSP) grants, which sends a hostile message to charter schools and supporters of educational freedom. In the letter, Republican L  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), sent a letter urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to move forward quickly with review of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors by bringing so-called pharmacy direct and ind  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Maggie Hassan and his colleagues in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand eligibility for the Head Start Program to help ensure that more families in Virginia and across the country can access affordable, high-quality child care and preschool services. "We write to ask the Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to affordable, hi  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on West Virginia's $99 million settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), for their role in the opioid epidemic. "West Virginia has been ground zero of the opioid epidemic. We now know that was the intention of pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson when they flooded our  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to issue a Temporary Protected Status designation for Cameroon. "We are pleased to see the Biden administration recognize the humanitarian crisis threatening the people of Cameroon. This TPS designation will ensure that Cameroonians already living in the U.S. are not forced to  more