WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly, and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the case of two U.S. Park Police officers who   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) was today awarded the YMCA Congressional Champion Award. The YMCA specifically recognized Congresswoman Miller for introducing the bipartisan Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Reinstatement Act, which would restore the ERTC for non-profits and small businesses in the fourth quarter of 2021. Congresswoman Miller's legislation would provide more than $100  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly, and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the case of two U.S. Park Police officers who shot and   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, participated in subcommittee hearing today on the FY2023 Funding Request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). During the hearing, Senator Capito pressed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to dissolve the department's recently announced Disinformation Go  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, legislation she authored along with Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Kevin   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, legislation she authored along with Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). The legislation authorizes key projects and studies  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on May 4, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the death of one million Americans with COVID. "Most have us have either lost a loved one, or know someone who has lost a loved one, to this pandemic. Any death too soon is a tragedy, and there is something especially cruel about a virus that has robbed countless families of the rituals we often need to say goodbye, like visiti  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly, and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the case of two U.S. Park Police officers who   more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Members of the Northern Virginia congressional delegation sent GSA Administrator Carnahan a letter in support of relocating the FBI Headquarters to the Springfield location. The letter was signed by Sens. Warner and Kaine and Reps. Connolly, Beyer, and Wexton. "The Springfield, Virginia site, which the federal government already owns and underutilizes, is the best option for a new consolid  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra on supply chains for essential medications, administration of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in West Virginia and addressing the drug epidemic by passing the LifeBOAT Act. On supply chains for essential medications: "We've spo  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that several West Virginia priorities he fought for were included in the Senate's Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, which unanimously advanced out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works earlier today, and he applauds the Committee's strong bipartisan work. This critical legislation authorizes the U.S. Army Corps o  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the case of two U.S. Park   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 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 $1,908,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program to support reliable water and wastewater service, and provide family housing opportunities in West Virginia. "It's great to see West Virginia receive fun  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues today in introducing the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act, which would ensure the U.S. is undertaking coordinated efforts to collect and maintain evidence of war crimes and atrocities committed during the R  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Sherrod Brown and Amy Klobuchar, as well as his Senate colleagues, in sending a letter to the Architect of the Capitol, Compass Group, and Restaurant Associates, urging them to work together to ensure the Senate cafeteria workers receive fair wages and benefits that reflect their substantial contributions to our Capitol community. "Now that the immediate threat of layoffs   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,908,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program to support reliable water and wastewater service, and provide family housing opportunities in West Virginia. "Investing in West Virginia's rural communities creates goo  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a Commerce Committee hearing today to review the FY2023 Department of Transportation (DOT) Budget Priorities. Senator Capito discussed the importance of continued support for West Virginia's airports with DOT Se  more