WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) to reduce the spread of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at commercial airports is headed to the President's desk to be signed into law, after unanimously passing t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2022: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) today introduced the Developing America's Workforce Act. This legislation would reinstate Trump Administration apprenticeship policies to develop skilled workers for employers in order to bolster the American economy without piling on more college debt. "Not only will my legislation provide a much-needed boost for American employers in desperate need of skilled worke  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney addressed the United States House of Representatives on H.R. 9157, the "Gold Standard Restoration Act." The Gold Standard Restoration Act 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 Federal Reserve note "dollar" would be pegged to a fixed weight of gold at its then-marke  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 2, 2022: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in November and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. The unemployment rate was 5.7% for Black workers, 3.9% for His  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following video touting Congress' historic legislative wins and his other accomplishments of 2022 and calling for additional reforms before the end of the year. In the video, Kaine highlighted his travel across Virginia to see how legislation he helped pass, including the American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, is supporting communities acros  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $18,732,882 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The funding was made possible in part by the American Rescue Plan and will help West Virginia strengthen its   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 2, 2022: Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 263,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent. Under the previous administration, the pre-pandemic average (seasonally adjusted) number of jobs added was 186,0  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2022: Christmas cheer has spread to the Senate! Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) welcomed students from Dumfries Elementary School to his Capitol Hill office to kick off the holiday season with carols, milk and cookies, and decoration of the office Christmas tree. This year's tree, a 12-foot Fraser fir, is from Mt. Rogers Tree Farm in Grayson County, Va. The fifth-graders helped Sen. Warner  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- 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 colleagues U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) in a bipartisan letter to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce about the need to expand high-speed internet access in rural communities. Internet providers are required to obtain permits from the federal government  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2022: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Bill Keating (D-MA-09), and Chris Stewart (R-UT-02) yesterday introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that creates greater authority for the United States to protect global access to uncensored information in response to efforts by authoritarian and repressive government to restrict Internet access. More than three billion people   more