WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release and letter: As first reported by Fox News, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today led 17 of their Republican colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to release the data it recently collected on how schools have used COVID-19 funding to combat learning loss. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement that it will repeal its mask mandate for children as young as two in Head Start programs across the United States. The announcement comes after Foxx wrote HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following news release: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing with the Federal Chief Information Officer (FCIO)--who is responsible for promoting innovative IT uses and overseeing federal technology spending across government--to examine the current state of the federal government's informa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for $420,387 to support the use of math modeling to predict acute pain in children with sickle cell. "Sickle cell can be extremely painful, and we must do everything we can to mitigate this level of discomfort for childre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) led 17 of their Republican colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to release the data it recently collected on how schools have used COVID-19 funding to combat learning loss. In a letter to U.S. Secret  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released a video message applauding the announcement that Mountaintop Beverage will soon open their bottling plant in Morgantown, W.Va. Full video transcript included below: "This is one of the most exciting projects I've seen in West Virginia. It's Mountaintop Beverage here in Mon. County and Morgantown. "Fantastic milk, iced  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with her Senate Republican colleagues, this week expressed concerns in a letter--led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)--about the establishment of a permanent government price-setting program, funded by billions of taxpayer dollars, in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act. Additionally, the senator  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,145,796 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for three rural healthcare programs in West Virginia. The funding was made possible through the American Rescue Plan and will strengthen healthcare services fo  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) announcement that they will be investing over $3 billion in a ~1,800 MW combined-cycle natural gas power station in West Virginia that will utilize carbon capture and storage. This investment will utilize approximately 1,000 skilled tradespeople f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the federal government's role in supporting the commercialization of fusion energy. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, discussed the importance of investing in fusion energy research, like the work at the International Thermonuclear Exp  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Advantage Valley Community Development Corporation's Fostering Advantages for Startups & Entrepreneurial Resurgence in West Virginia (FASTER WV) program will receive $300,000 to provide business coaching, entrepreneurial training cou  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Advantage Valley Community Development Corporation's Fostering Advantages for Startups & Entrepreneurial Resurgence in West Virginia (FASTER WV) program will receive $300,000 to provide business coaching, entrepreneurial training course work and ac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to expand access to critical advance care planning (ACP) services in Medicare that allow people, especially those with serious illness, to plan for their care and have their choices honored when it matters most. The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would help more American  more