WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- 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.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,195,601 from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Program for 19 projects across West Virginia. The funding will support purchasing telecommunications technology for schools, helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses make energy   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: On Friday, U.S. House Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) and Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) led a bipartisan group of representatives in a letter to House leadership, urging them to bring the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, which passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month, to the House floor for a vote before the end of the 117th Congress. The legislation, authored by Senator Shelley Mo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,195,601 from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Program for 18 projects across West Virginia. The funding will support purchasing telecommunications technology for schools, helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses make energ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that the Senate's legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill. The omnibus will receive a vote in the Senate this week. The bipartisan legislation has 39 Senate cosponsors, including Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mitch McConn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after President Biden and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced it would purchase 66,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to replace its aging fleet of gas-powered delivery vehicles. The USPS investment includes electrifying 75% of its new purpose-built Next Generation Delivery Vehic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the release of omnibus government funding legislation for Fiscal Year 2023. "Over the last two years, we had a real opportunity to help improve the lives of children and families by passing a comprehensive child nutrition reauthorization. "My committ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced $18,411,519 in Community Project Funding that she has secured for Virginia's 10th District in the final 2023 appropriations government funding package. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the region. "I am proud that through my work on the Appropriations Committee, I've successfully secured over $18 million to support key co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news statement on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the release of SECURE 2.0, landmark bipartisan and bicameral retirement legislation Foxx championed: "As an original cosponsor of H.R. 5891,the Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement Act, I am pr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The President has signed into law 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. The Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act (htt  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a comprehensive federal response to alleviate the nationwide shortage of prescription Adderall and ensure access to the medication for all Virginians and Americans who rely on the drug. Congress relaxed restrictions on providers prescri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) announced that the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety (VGB) Reauthorization Act that she and Senators Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Roy Blunt (MO), and Reps. John Carter (TX-31), Colin Allred (TX-32), and Michael Burgess (TX-26) spearheaded in Congress, has been included in the end-of-year omnibus spending bill. "It is crucial that we keep our children   more