CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded the Treasury Department's decision to delay the 1099K reporting requirement for one year. This week, Senator Manchin introduced an amendment to delay the 1099K reporting requirement for two years. "I am pleased the Treasury Department and the IRS listened to my request to delay the 1099K reporting requirement that will harm   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, announced the inclusion of fifteen of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests in the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations package. "I am proud to have secured more than $28 million for our community," said Connolly. "These projects represent the cumulative efforts of Northern Virginia's leaders in public, priv  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-03) today released statements on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) decision to delay the implementation of the tax scheme in the Democrats' American Rescue Plan that lowers the threshold for Americans to receive a 1099-K form for one year. Earlier this week, Senator Capito intr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus spending bill. "Today, the House passed a government funding package that will improve the lives of students, workers, and families. "I am particularly pleased the package makes sizable investment  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) released the following statement regarding the delay of the 1099-K requirements for an additional year from the Internal Revenue Service. "After nearly 2 years of leading Republicans' relentless efforts to fix this issue and Congressional Democrats abdicating their responsibility to address the problem they crea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Alex X. Mooney issued the following statement after today's House vote on H.R. 2617 - FY23 Omnibus Appropriations. Rep. Mooney voted against the massive Democrat spending bill. "The bloated $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill is another example of Congress' unwillingness to follow the standard budget process. The Biden Administration and this Congress have set a bad his  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) released the below statement following his vote against the over $1.7 TRILLION, 4,155-page omnibus spending package, which will skyrocket America's national debt and worsen the inflation crisis that Virginians are suffering from. "Democrats' bloated omnibus spending spree represents what's wrong with Washington: a 4,000+ page, over $1.7 trillion government funding deal we ar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today hailed passage of the omnibus funding bill in the House. The bill was negotiated on a bipartisan basis between Senate Democrats and Republicans and House Democrats, passed the Senate yesterday, and now heads to President Biden for signature. The bill contained Beyer-authored and co-authored legislation as well as community project funding and other Northern Virgini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, a package of twelve government funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the United States. This government funding package also includes emergency supplemental funding to respond to the devastation that recent natural disasters and extreme weather events have left behind and emergency res  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, voted to pass the government funding appropriations package for FY 2023. This legislation includes funds to invest in jobs, education, the environment, shipbuilding, national security, as well as a number of important community projects in Hampton Roads. "This appropriations package makes critical investments in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass an end-of-year government funding bill, which includes her Growing Climate Solutions Act, Wally Bunker HELPS Retirees Improvement Act, Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act, and Computers for Veterans and Students Act. Additionally, the package inc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement in celebration of the Senate passage of their legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the 'Rick Boucher Amphitheater' after former Congressman Rick Boucher. Now the legislation heads to the House of Representatives for passage before going to the President for signature. "We are deeply appr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement after voting "no" on Senate Amendment to H.R. 2617 - FY23 Omnibus Appropriations, a $1.7 trillion spending bill. "Congress had months to properly fund our government; yet, we have once again found ourselves in a completely avoidable situation. I have said time and time again that last-minute deals and temporary fixes  more