WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 26, 2022, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education": * * * Two days ago, 19 children and two educators were gunned down in an elementary school in Texas. Regrettably, this is too common of an occurrence in this country. According to Education Week, we have suffered 27 school shootings  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 25, 2022, entitled "Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our IT Legacy": * * * Legacy IT systems, systems that are outdated or unsupported, plague our federal agencies. These systems prevent the federal government from effectively providing small businesses the financial and technical   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following floor statement on June 9, 2022: * * * The U.S. House today passed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. This gun violence prevention legislation that would create a federal "red flag" law, empowering family members and law enforcement to restrict access to guns, after due process, for those who pose a danger to themselves or others. It would also give states guidance and grants to set up and implement extreme ris  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: The U.S. House of Representatives this evening passed the Protecting Our Kids Act, a sweeping package of gun violence prevention legislation that represents some of the broadest action to address mass shootings and save lives undertaken by either chamber of Congress in nearly three decades. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation's capital, voted in fav  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bob Good (R-VA) voted against two unconstitutional gun control proposals on the House floor this week, H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act and H.R. 2377, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. Congressman Good opposes any policy that undermines the rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms as afforded to them in the Constitution. "The legislation passed by House Democrats   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) is an original cosponsor of the More Options for Infants and Parents Act, a bill to help prevent future baby formula shortages and address the immediate crisis families are facing. The bill was introduced by Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. "The infant formula shortage has created anxi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) voted to empower communities to prevent incidents of gun violence before they occur. The Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act empowers family members and law enforcement to seek a federal court order to temporarily remove access to guns from those who pose a danger to themselves or others, while incentivizing states to adopt their own so-called "red flag law  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV) in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to approve West Virginia Governor Jim Justice's request for a federal disaster declaration after heavy rain storms on May 6, 2022 caused severe flooding in Cab  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House in passing legislation to protect the lives of Americans in crisis, their families, and law enforcement officers. The Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act would establish procedures for federal courts to issue extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as "red flag laws." ERPOs all  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) voted in support of multiple common sense gun safety and responsibility measures in the wake of the senseless tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde. "Since my very first day in Congress, ending gun violence has been one of my top priorities," said Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11). "I was in high school during the Columbine massacre and finishing college during the tragic Virginia Tech shooti  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to protect Virginia communities and save lives with strong bipartisan legislation to address gun violence. The Protecting Our Kids Act and Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act include common sense gun safety measures that will crack down on illegal gun trafficking, allow for federal extreme risk protection orders, keep weapons of war out of the h  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, delivered the following opening statement at the subcommittee markup for H.R. 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The Subcommittee's mark is available here. Rep. Wittman's r  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell, nominees to be members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). HIGHLIGHTS: ADVANCED NUCLEAR LICENSING: "Multiple companies are either cu  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $468,829 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding was made possible through the American Rescue Plan to provide emergency food assistance and bolster local food distribution  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the Administration's budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2023. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, underscored the need for the U.S. Forest Service to address the staffing shortage  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell to be members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Well thank you, and good morning. I  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, cosponsored the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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) and U.S. Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for seven projects to address deferred maintenance in the Monongahela Nation  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $627,837 in federal funding for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to administer a pilot project through Feed More, Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, and Feeding Southwest Virginia. This funding will help the food banks expand their operations and food delivery in underserved areas. "Virginians shouldn't have to worry about  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA), and committee members Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Ben Sasse (R-NE), unveiled the American Technology Leadership Act, legislation to establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis to assess how the United States fares in key emerging technologies relative to other countries to inform policy and strengthen U.S. competitiveness. Bennet pl  more