WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, released the following statements on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on small refineries. Earlier th  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $38,680,155 from Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the state of West Virginia. LIHEAP is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and provides critical financial assistance to low-in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2022: * * * Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), co-Chairs of Congress' Egypt Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement today. "We are deeply committed to the fight against climate change, and believe international cooperation is central to that effort, but Egypt was the wrong choice for COP27. Its government jails environmental and political activists and treats NGOs as a threat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Mayra Flores (R-TX), and Greg Steube (R-FL) announced the introduction of the Justice for Victims of Open Borders Act, a bill that would reform grant disbursements through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) so that states must give priority to victims of violent crimes committed by people who are in the United States illegally. "The Biden administration's cataclysmi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 4 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia was awarded $115.7 million in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this funding will help low-income individuals and families pay for home heating c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a new proposal put forth by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that would allow its own officials to subvert the will of American workers based on purely subjective grounds: "When union bosse  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statements on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) published "Cybersecurity is Patient Safety," a policy options paper, outlining current cybersecurity threats facing health care providers and systems and offering for discussion a series of policy solutions to improve cybersecurity across the industry. Over the last decade cyberattacks in the health care sector have risen exponen  more