WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder and chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House today celebrated the announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the first ever net energy gain and first ever fusion ignition from a human-controlled fusion energy reaction in history. The long-sought breakthrough came in a December 5 experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laborator  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2022: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), author of the bipartisan Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, which was signed into law in 2021, today issued the following statement after receiving an FBI briefing in the Capitol yesterday on the FBI's annual release of hate crime statistics compiled through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). "The FBI hate crimes data and the briefing which presented them  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2022: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement ten years after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. "Ten years ago today we lost 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I'll never forget how awful and shocking that day felt and still feels a decade later. "The unthinkable horror of that mass shooting changed minds and cau  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $6,004,515 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for 31 health centers across West Virginia. The funding will support providing updated COVID-19 vaccinations in West Virginia c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: Chairman Don Beyer (D-VA) of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, along with Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ), introduced the Space Safety and Situational Awareness Transition Act of 2022. Space situational awareness (SSA) provides a foundation for understanding where space objects are now, predicting their future trajectories, and evalua  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2022: * * * Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement. "We are all in and headed to Caucus. "I thank my colleagues for their outpouring of support. We have a strong case, broad support, and a demonstrated record of taking the fight straight to Republicans. "The Caucus should decide on the direct  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate in opposition to a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would exempt the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from normal permitting processes, eliminate judicial review of key elements of the project, and strip jurisdiction over any future litigation regarding the MVP away from the United States Court of Ap  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD) and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05) urged the Department of Labor (DOL) not to move forward with its proposed rule for determining independent contractor classification due to the negative impact on workers and businesses, the test's lack of clarity, and the devastating consequ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $6,004,515 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for 31 health centers across West Virginia. The funding will support providing updated COVID-19 vaccinations in West Virginia communities, wit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced yesterday the Parental Right to Protect Act, which safeguards parental rights by ensuring Child Protective Services (CPS) does not penalize parents for protecting their children from gender-transition interventions. "Parents have the r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) responded to Senate Democrats' decision to vote against a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden Department of Education's outrageous rule gutting charter schools: "Why are Congressional Democrats digging in their heels when it comes to a propos  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined a bicameral letter led by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD) with Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) urging the Department of Labor (DOL) not to move forward with its proposed rule for determining independent contractor classification due to the negative impact on workers and business, the test's lack of clarity and the devast  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD) and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05) on a bicameral letter urging the Department of Labor (DOL) not to move forward with its proposed rule for determining independent contractor classification due to the negative impact on workers and business, the test's lack of clarity, and t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after voting with a majority of the U.S. House to pass a short-term agreement that would keep the federal government open through December 23, 2022. "With the passage of today's short-term funding bill, Congress must vote again next week to keep up the very function of our government. "While I am glad that a bipartisan majority   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) yesterday introduced -- and the U.S. Senate passed -- bipartisan, bicameral legislation to recognize African Diaspora Heritage Month. Virginia and Florida are home to two of the largest African diaspora communities in the country -- and approximately 2.1 million sub-Saharan African immigrants live in the United State  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement applauding last night's unanimous Senate passage of legislation Kaine led to recognize and reaffirm the significant contributions of the African diaspora to the growth and prosperity of the U.S. The passage of the b  more