WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer, who serves as Chair of the House Science Committee's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, today reintroduced the Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act. The legislation would bolster NASA's efforts to reduce emissions from the aviation industry while also reducing the impact of airplane noise in airport-adjacent communities. Climate change and aircraft noise have consistently been tw  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 17, 2022: * * * Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) released a statement following a briefing from the General Services Administration (GSA) on the future location of a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "This morning, the Virginia congressional delegation rece  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), secured West Virginia priorities in the SASC markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). The NDAA establishes the funding levels and creates new programs within the Department of Defense (DoD) annually, pas  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led colleagues in a letter to the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google, Sundar Pichai, urging him to take action to prevent misleading Google search results and ads that lead to anti-abortion clinics. In the letter, the lawmakers note that 37 percent of Google Maps results and 11 percent of Google search results for "abortio  more

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia, June 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Capito (R-W.Va.) participated in the grand opening of The Schoolhouse Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, nearly six years to the day of the 2016 floods in West Virginia. "The redevelopment of the old high school into the new, beautiful Schoolhouse Hotel symbolizes the revitalization of a community that was devastated by floods six years ago," Senator Cap  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $160,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for McDowell County Public Service District (MCPSD) to develop a 10-year strategic plan and provide  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $160,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for McDowell County Public Service District (MCPSD) to develop a 10-year strategic plan and provide technical ass  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: With summer break already underway in a number of school districts across Virginia, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and 30 of their Senate colleagues in a push to extend the child nutrition waivers that have kept many children from going hungry throughout the pandemic, both during the school year and in the summer. In the letter, the Senators  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: With summer break already underway in a number of school districts across Virginia, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and 30 of their Senate colleagues in a push to extend the child nutrition waivers that have kept many children from going hungry throughout the pandemic, both during the school year and in the summer. In the letter, the Senators stress t  more