WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement criticizing the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) proposal to revive the Obama administration's job-killing joint employer standard: "Businesses across the country have been buried under a mountain of reg  more

STERLING, Virginia, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced that families in the 10th Congressional District of Virginia will soon see more affordable prescription drugs for Medicare recipients and lower health insurance premiums made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act. "I've always believed that no American should be forced to go without the care they need because they can't afford the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) and Congresswoman Cindy Axne (IA-03) introduced the "Menopause Research Act" to jumpstart research into finding new treatments for symptoms caused by menopause. The bill would refocus the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to invest in menopause research and mid-life women's health research. Additionally, the bill would provide the NIH fun  more

EASTERN PANHANDLE, West Virginia, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made stops in the Eastern Panhandle focused on Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee to support several improvement projects. In total, Senator Capito secured $241,135,000 in direct spending measures across West Virginia in the FY 2022 appropriations omn  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2022, and letter: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee focused on democracy and human rights, issued the following statement after the United Nations released a report confirming that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in China: "I'm horrified by the UN Human Rights Offic  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute will receive $5,000,000 to support a new system that will archive clinical images, improve image storage and enhance patient care. The funding is ma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute will receive $5,000,000 to support a new system that will archive clinical images, improve image storage and enhance patient care. The funding is made possible by a Congressionally Di  more