WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSres) -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration announced it will deliver $5.8 billion in debt relief to roughly 560,000 student borrowers, clearing borrower defense claims for those who attended the now defunct Corinthian Colleges, Inc. dating back to 1995. Today's actions build on efforts to restore access to debt relief for students who were defrauded by pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 390,000 in May and the unemployment rate stayed the same at 3.6%. The unemployment rate was 6.2% for Black workers, 4.3% for Hispanic workers, 2.4  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor's (DOL) announcement that it plans to engage in rulemaking that would determine the status of independent contactors under the Fair Labor Standards Act: "The Biden administration's aversion   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 4 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) for $3,564,549 to support cancer prevention research. "Cancer is a leading cause of death in the Commonwealth and has touched the lives of too many Virginians," said Rep. McEachin (VA-04). "I am grateful to see this federal funding from th  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 3, 2022: Representative David McKinley (R-WV) joined U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to announce $75,636 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program to Grant County, West Virginia. The funding is through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will support upgrades to the Grant County Airpo  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letters on June 2, 2022: This week, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Burgess Owens, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks, and Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Dr. Virginia Foxx sent letters to the American Federation of Teachers and NewsGuard Inc. seeking additional information on the January 25th agreement that would put NewsGuard's  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine--who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues--released the following statement regarding the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will be held June 6-10. "As host of the summit, the United States has an excellent opportunity to outline a clear vision for the he  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined 30 bipartisan colleagues in urging U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Richard Shelby (R-AL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to fully fund th  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) led bipartisan members of the Senate Intelligence Committee in urging the Biden administration to increase sanctions on enablers of Vladimir Putin's regime amidst its unprovoked and illegal war in Ukraine. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the senators wrote, "While many of the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 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 $5,170,593 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support a variety of research projects and prevention programs at West Virginia University (WVU) and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Re  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced $2,747,181 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) through the Department of the Interior for recreation and restoration projects in state and local parks across West Virginia. This funding was ma  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 3, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced a Rural Development investment of $1,932,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition to the grant, a matching 40-year loan has been approved by the USDA to supplement the costs, bringing the project total to $3,864,000. This funding will go towards the construction and installation of approximately eight m  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 3, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today announced a Rural Development investment of $1,932,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition to the grant, a matching 40-year loan has been approved by the USDA to supplement the costs, bringing the project total to $3,864,000. This funding will go towards the construction and installation of approximately eight mil  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on June 2, 2022: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine issued the following statement applauding the historic $58 million federal transportation investment in the Raleigh to Richmond (R2R) corridor announced today. "We encouraged Secretary Buttigieg to bring this funding to Virginia because when we invest in state-of-the-art transportation infrastructure, we can boost economic development, create   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the statement below, celebrating the rescue of hundreds of dogs in acute distress from the Envigo breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia. According to a joint motion filed by Envigo and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Envigo has relinquished 446 beagles following their seizure   more