WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on July 11, 2022: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, calling for the EPA to finalize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter. The letter, signed by 47 of his House colleagues, calls for strengthened standards to mitigate the worst impacts of harmful air pollution and  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on July 11, 2022: Congressman Rob Wittman announced his letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging her to cancel August recess if the House of Representatives has not completed the work relating to many critical issues facing the American people before the end of July, including passing the 12 appropriations bills. "One of Congress' most basic duties is to fully fund the government, yet with few   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Wheeling Intelligencer: * * * In an op-ed for The Wheeling Intelligencer, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, discussed her opposition to President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Office of Air and Radiation, Joe Goffman. "Throughout the Obama administration, Jo  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 9 a.m. on July 14, 2022, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Agenda I. Nominees * Rachel Bloomekatz, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit * Florence Y. Pan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit * Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia * Ana C. Reyes, to be Uni  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, posted the following joint news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $15,000,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Terminal Program for the North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) in Harrison County. The funding was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $15,000,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Terminal Program for the North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) in Harrison County. The funding was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will support t  more