CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, released the below statement on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) newly released data showing record-high migrant encounters at the U.S. southern border in September. "The reports that migrant border crossings broke a record for  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, Congressman Alex X. Mooney joined "Kennedy" on Fox Business Channel to discuss H.R. 9157, the "Gold Standard Restoration Act." For full video of the interview, please click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITDfKLl1Ptk). The legislation calls for the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to publicly disclose all gold holdings and gold transactions within 30 months, after which time the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) issued the following statement after the National Center for Education Statistics released the results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics and Reading Assessments. The 2022 NAEP found significant declines in math and read  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following fact sheet in entitled "Breaching the Debt Ceiling Could Harm Millions of Americans and Produce Economic Devastation.": * * * Breaching the Debt Ceiling Could Harm Millions of Americans and Produce Economic Devastation The U.S. economy is again facing the grave threat of a breach of the debt limit. Past debt-limit brinkmanship crises inflicted substantial uncertainty on b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the Administration for Community Living's (ACL) announcement establishing a national center to expand and strengthen the direct care workforce. Direct care workers and family caregivers provide critical support to older Americans, people with disabilities, and individuals living with chronic conditions. Kai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to declines in the reading and math scores of fourth and eighth grade students: "When I saw that fourth-grade math scores dropped five points since 2019 and the eighth-grade math scores fell 8 points  more

HENRICO, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Representative David Trone (D-MD), and additional U.S. House and U.S. Senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in calling for U.S. House and U.S. Senate leaders to move forward new measures to combat illicit fentanyl trafficking into the United States. In a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice unsealed charges against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence officers who attempted to sabotage Huawei investigation: "The charges announced today by the Department of Justice further illustrate Huawei's inextricable ties to the   more