WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $1.5 million to the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) for the Appalachian Underground Railroad Heritage Tourism Initiative. Funding will be used to develop a tri-state tourism initiative between Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. "Rural communities have been overlooked for too long. If we wan  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 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, announced $25 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help construct a segment of the Coalfields Expressway between West Virginia Rout  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2022: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after her bill, H.R. 5481, which names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North Carolina, as the "Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic", was signed into law. "Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump's legacy is one that will forever be enshrined in Forest City - a fitt  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: 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, announced $25 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help construct a segment of the Coalfields Expressway between West Virginia Route 16 and the City of Mullens  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2022: * * * Congressman Alex X. Mooney issued the following statement after today's actions by the January 6th Committee. "Today's referrals by the January 6th Unselect Committee come as no surprise. The panel of departing partisan hacks continued their relentless assault on President Donald Trump after House Democrats already voted to impeach him twice. "Chairman Bennie Thompson hypocritical  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee--led by Chairman Don Beyer (D-VA)--released a new report detailing the rise and fall of the digital asset market in 2021 and 2022 and the need for further protections to mitigate risks to everyday consumers and the U.S. financial system. In the fall of 2021, the digital asset market reached a record-high $3 trillion market capitalization. Since then,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Nancy Mace (SC-1) led a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in sending a letter to House leadership, urging them to bring the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, which has already passed the Senate unanimously, to the House floor for a vote before the end of the 117th Congress. This bipartisan legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) is calling on Virginians to provide feedback on internet coverage in their communities. Last month, after a sustained push from Sen. Warner, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a new map with their best estimates of broadband coverage across the country. Now, Sen. Warner is asking Virginians to review the FCC map to ensure it accurately reflects the current br  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Epic Games, Inc. - the creator of the popular video game Fortnite - would pay $520 million over allegations the company violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and deployed design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into ma  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $25,000,000 in federal funding for the expansion of I-64 in New Kent County. Awarded through the Department of Rural Surface Transportation Grant program (RURAL), this funding will add a third lane to I-64 in each direction, widen shoulders, add rumble strips and wider and flatter clear zones for an approximately 10-mile segment in New Kent County.   more