WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on her cosponsorship of the RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022. "The Second Amendment was explicitly designed to protect our God-given right of keeping and bearing arms from undue infringement by the federal government. "One infringement currently in place is in the form of excise taxes levied on manufacturers of firea  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 28, 2022: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) today signed onto a joint letter led by Governor Youngkin to United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, calling for a permanent delay of vaccine mandates on our National Guard. Congressman Good is joined by U.S. Representatives Wittman, Griffith, and Cline on the letter. "The Biden administration's vaccine mandate on the brave men and women of our  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA). Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks: REVIEWING MEDICARE AD  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-Utah, Republican leader of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, issued the following statement: * * * Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a rescheduled joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on June 27, 2022: U.S. Representative David Rouzer (R-NC) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and also signed by U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and U.S. Representatives Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and Greg Murphy (R-NC), to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the DOJ to forcefully condemn th  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: President Joe Biden has signed into law Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton's (D-VA) bill to rename the post office along Winchester's walking mall after country music icon Patsy Cline. "Patsy Cline was a trailblazing woman in the music industry, a legendary vocalist whose music and influence touch us still today, and -- most importantly -- a beloved daughter of Winchester, Virginia," said Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made several stops focused on small business impact and economic development. First, Senator Capito addressed small businesses at the Meta Boost event co-hosted by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce in Charleston, W.Va. In 2011, Meta launched the Meta Boost initiative to help educate small business owners about the tools tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) cosponsored the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA), comprehensive legislation led by Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to help eliminate racial and ethnic health inequities. Building on the gains made under the Affordable Care Act, the HEAA lays out additional investments Congress must make to enhance the health and well-being of systematically margi  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), applauded the signing of his bipartisan VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021, which requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress on the implementation costs and performance reports of the new Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) system. The EHRM  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined by Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) issued the following statement in response to the release of a Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General report detailing failures at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hampton, VA that led to a delayed cancer diagnosis during the period of 2019 to 2021. "  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined by Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) issued the following statement in response to the release of a Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General report detailing failures at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hampton, VA that led to a delayed cancer diagnosis during the period of 2019 to 2021.   more