WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and an Aug. 11, 2022, letter: * * * The U.S. House of Representatives passed U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The legislation now heads to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. The historic legislation will address record inflation by paying down our national debt, lowering healthcare costs, and incr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after reports of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) misconduct surfaced, specifically NLRB personnel interfering in ongoing union elections and collaborating with union organizers: "When a statutorily neutral  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: Last week, Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced the bipartisan Physicians for Underserved Areas Act. This legislation aims to address the doctor shortage in West Virginia. Specifically, this legislation would help address the nationwide physician shortage by updating the Graduate Medical Education (GME) slot process following a hospital closure to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 15, 2022: The bipartisan senators from Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee sent a letter to Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), pressing for additional assistance to combat drug-trafficking in the Appalachian region. "In Appalachia, law enforcement struggles to stem the tide of substance abuse," wrote U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (bot  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2022, with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, Reps. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, Don Beyer, D-Virginia, and Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia: * * * U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton, Don Beyer and Gerry Connolly, and Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner (all D-VA) issued the following statement on the release of U.S. citizen and Virginia resident Asim Ghafoor from detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), wh  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 15, 2022: The bipartisan senators from Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee sent a letter to Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), pressing for additional assistance to combat drug-trafficking in the Appalachian region. "In Appalachia, law enforcement struggles to stem the tide of substance abuse," wrote U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, Reps. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, Don Beyer, D-Virginia, and Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia: * * * U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner (all D-VA) and Reps. Jennifer Wexton, Don Beyer and Gerry Connolly issued the following statement on the release of U.S. citizen and Virginia resident Asim Ghafoor from detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he had been since July 14, 2  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,200,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contract Tower (FCT) Program for the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport. The funding was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will su  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2,124,300 in emergency rural health care funding to bolster federal support in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be provided to the Ledwith-Lewis Free Clinic in Tappahannock, Page Memorial Hospital in Luray, Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, and Wellmont Health System in Big Stone Gap. This funding was awarded through the Community Fa  more