WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the Major Questions Doctrine and Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions (No. LSB10791) on July 12, 2022, by macroeconomic policy analyst Lida R. Weinstock: * * * On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. EPA, a case with significant implications for U.S. environmental policy and, more broadly, for Congress's ability to delegat  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is backing legislation to protect American women from being criminalized for interstate travel to seek abortions. Since the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, it has recently been reported that anti-abortion lawmakers and third-party groups are already crafting legislation in some states that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps a r  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following the Department's release of its 750-page Notice of Proposed Rule Makin  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to highlight the necessity of employer-driven apprenticeships in building a strong workforce development system. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: "We must equip workers with the tools for success by empowering employers to play a   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: This evening President Biden unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) first full-color scientific image. Webb, the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space, has been preparing to begin its science work over the last six months. The image release marks the beginning of Webb's science operations. JWST is an international collaboration among the National Aeronautics a  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: 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. "Throu  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following letter: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following Letter to the Editor in the New York Times: New York Times: Defending the Court's EPA Ruling Sen. John Cornyn July 12, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/opinion/letters/abortion-embryo-fetus.html To the Editor: In "The Supreme Court Has Made It Even Harder to Fight Climate Change" (editorial, Sunday Review, July 3), the editorial board described th  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- 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 an estimated $99,814,480 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to provide a payment of $391 for approximately 255,280 West Virginia children to access healthy food and meals through the summer months. The funding is provided through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, posted the following joint news release on July 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,868,053 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, posted the following joint news release on July 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $399,650 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for substance use research at Marshall University and cancer treatment research at West Virginia University (WVU). "West Virginia University and Marshall University pro  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in introducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022. This legislation would make it clear that it is illegal for anti-choice states to limit travel for abortion services and would empower the U.S. Attorney General and im  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,868,053 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding will  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $399,650 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for substance use research at Marshall University and cancer treatment research at West Virginia University (WVU). "Marshall University and West Virginia University are leaders in numerous   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and eight of their democratic Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning consistently high levels of violence against journalists in Mexico and expressing support for increased efforts to sa  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in introducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022. This legislation would make it clear that it is illegal for anti-choice states to limit travel for abortion services and would empower the U.S. Attorney General and impact  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan bill that would help provide surplus computers to nonprofit computer refurbishers -- who would then repair and distribute these federal computers to veterans and others in need. Spanberger's bipartisan Computers for Veterans and Students Act would allow certified, nonprofit refurbishing organizations   more