CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $775,700 in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) as part of the Chesapeake Waters  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her Republican colleagues in a letter--led by U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee--to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) seeking answers on recent baby formula shortages and asking for an investigation into the impact sole-source contracts in the Special Supplemental   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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 $775,700 in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) as part of the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Climate Challenge Project to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for $312,000 to implement VDOT'S Quantifying Greener Pavements in Virginia project. This grant funding will support data collection on environmental impacts of pavement construction an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: To date, the American Rescue Plan has saved the pensions of 156,759 Americans and protected 785 businesses from being at-risk of closing their doors. The multiemployer pension crisis threatened to strip more than a million retirees of the pensions they earned over a lifetime of work, jeopardized tens of thousands of businesses and endangered tens of   more

HENRICO, Virginia, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 26, 2022: Following new investments in manufacturing research authorized as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today called for increased investments to strengthen continuous prescription drug manufacturing, bolster the supply of essential generic medicines, and prevent future prescription drug shortages in the United States. Continuous   more

HENRICO, Virginia, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 26, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today pressed the leaders of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for answers as to how their organizations are preparing to help protect Virginia children and seniors, support frontline healthcare providers, and prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses du  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $30,810,000 in federal funding to help Virginia schools purchase 81 clean and zero-emission school buses that will accelerate the transition to zero-emissions vehicles and produce cleaner air in communities across the Commonwealth. The funding, awarded through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $30,810,000 in federal funding to help Virginia schools purchase 81 clean and zero-emission school buses that will accelerate the transition to zero-emissions vehicles and produce cleaner air in communities across the Commonwealth. The funding, awarded through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,   more