WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Tuesday evening, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), along with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.-04) and Ranking Member Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.-06), released final text of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $195,657 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for the Wheeling Housing Authority in West Virginia. The funding will help provide job training opportunities   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following remarks on Dec. 7, 2022: * * * Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, today urged his colleagues to support H.R. 8361, the Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act. This legislation would help to prevent deaths by allowing people to voluntarily place themselves onto a "do not sell" list, preventing them from being able to purchase a firea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), applauded SFRC passage of his resolution commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, and underscoring the consequences Russia's current war of choice on Ukraine is having on global food shortages and food insecurity. "On the 90th anniversary of Holodomor, we co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement after legislative text for the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was released by the House Committee on Rules. This year's NDAA includes various provisions secured and supported by Kaine to benefit Virginia's defense community and shipbuilding industry. "Every yea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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, released the full text of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022. He also urged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support amending the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include this comprehensive, bipartisan permitting reform and complete the critical Mountain Valley Pipeline.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced several West Virginia priorities that he fought for were included in the Senate's Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. The text was released on Tuesday evening by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Manchin applauds the Committee's strong bipartisan work. The critical legislation authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $195,657 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for the Wheeling Housing Authority in West Virginia. The funding will help provide job training opportunities and adult education   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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, released the following statement on bipartisan, comprehensive permitting reform for energy and minerals projects being excluded from the National Defense Authorization Act. "Our energy infrastructure is under attack and America's energy security has never been more threatened. Failing to pass bipartisan energ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), are urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Signed by Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer (Md.-5), Bo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC)--led by Chairman Don Beyer (D-VA)--released a new report detailing how automatic child trust accounts, known as "Baby Bonds," would improve economic opportunity and social mobility for children and families and strengthen the U.S. economy. Baby Bonds would provide children at birth their own bank account with a specified amount of money. Each year, elig  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter on Dec. 7, 2022: * * * To: The Honorable Charlotte A. Burrows, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 131 M Street, NE, Washington, DC 20507 Dear Chair Burrows: As you know, employers across the country are using sophisticated automated technology systems to assess and monitor both job candidates and workers./1 Automated technology systems now have   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: Tuesday evening, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), along with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.-04) and Ranking Member Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the full text of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022. He also urged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support amending the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include this comprehensive, bipartisan permitt  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on bipartisan, comprehensive permitting reform for energy and minerals projects being excluded from the National Defense Authorization Act. "Our energy infrastructure is under attack and America  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's passage of their bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act, legislation to promote engagement with ally and partner nations to develop a civil nuclear   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a member of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism -- joined a bipartisan group of 126 U.S. House and U.S. Senate lawmakers in urging President Biden to create a unified national strategy to monitor and combat antisemitism. Antisemitic hate crimes are becoming more widespread. In 2020, antisemitic hate crimes reached the highest  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) applauded introduction of the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act in the House of Representatives by U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Terri Sewell (D-AL-7), and Drew Ferguson (R-GA-3), all members of the House Ways & Means Committee. "Ensuring that the investments that Congress has made to ensure Americans have access to high-speed internet have the maxi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 6, 2022: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led Senator Mark R. Warner and Representatives Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) in calling for a vote by the full Senate before the end of the 117th Congress to remove the arbitrary time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) after Virginia became the 38th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), today applauded the inclusion of a number of Virginia priorities in the draft of the nation's annual defense bill that was announced late last night after weeks of talks between House and Senate negotiators. "As the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I'm glad to see an agreement on draft legislation that will help bolster our military readiness, su  more