WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republicans, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), submitted a comment letter to Department (Department) of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the Department's proposed changes to Title IX rules, which would advance left-wing priorities and undermine the safety and ach  more

HENRICO, Virginia, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger today pressed U.S. House leaders in both parties to avoid a government shutdown in the coming weeks and provide certainty to Virginia's federal employees and their families. The current federal government funding deadline is September 30, 2022. In a letter sent to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McC  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh demanding responses to four oversight letters that are now more than a month past due. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: "Responses to each of these letters is important in order for Congress to fulfill i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan calling for a robust allocation of federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) toward improving and refining techniques to monitor methane emissions from landfills. According to a study from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, emissions from landfil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter on Sept. 12, 2022: * * * To: The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202 Re: Docket ID ED-2021-OCR-0166 Dear Secretary Cardona: I write to express my views on the U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) proposed rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Prog  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 42 of her Republican colleagues in introducing the Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act, comprehensive federal regulatory permitting and project review reform legislation. "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 38 of her Republican colleagues in introducing the Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act, comprehensive federal regulatory permitting and project review reform legislation. "Since our calls for action and offers to see legisl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,000,000 for aviation training at the Marshall University Flight School. This funding was made available through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and is a Congressionally Directed Spending request made by bo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following 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 $4,995,609 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for six programs that will support healthcare services across West Virginia. "I'm thrilled to see support heading to West Virginia to help strengthen research initiatives, improve important  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,000,000 for aviation training at the Marshall University Flight School. This funding was made available through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and is a Congressionally Directed Spending request made by both Senators Manchin and Capito  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,771,905 in funding for West Virginia through several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant programs. "Every West Virginian deserves clean water to drink and f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,995,609 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for six programs that will support healthcare services across West Virginia. "I'm pleased HHS is investing more than $4.9 million in these six critical programs to bolster health services, expand access to tre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME), as well as a bipartisan group of their colleagues, in introducing a resolution honoring Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The resolution pays tribute to the Queen's historic legacy and her 70 year reign, expresses condolences to her family and citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) wrote a letter to President Biden, formally requesting the approval of the Commonwealth of Virginia's request for a Major Disaster Declaration and federal assistance for individuals affected by the extreme and devastating rainfall event that occurred on July 13, 2022. This request includes Ind  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 12, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) wrote a letter to President Biden, formally requesting the approval of the Commonwealth of Virginia's request for a Major Disaster Declaration and federal assistance for individuals affected by the extreme and devastating rainfall event that occurred on July 13, 2022. This request includes I  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, issued the following news release: Blue Origin's commercial suborbital launch vehicle, New Shepard-23 (NS-23), which launched from its launch site in West Texas, suffered a booster failure that caused the vehicle's crew escape system to activate. The vehicle, which was reportedly carrying science payloads, was uncrewed and no humans were on board. Howeve  more