WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet on the Inauguration Day (No. R46639) on Jan. 4, 2023, by Maya V. Thomas, reference and digital services librarian: * * * Introduction Inauguration Day is a quadrennial legal holiday in the District of Columbia and neighboring parts of Maryland and Virginia, observed when the President and the Vice President are sworn into office on January 20. If January 20 falls on a Sunday, Inauguration Day is observed  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Close Biden's Open Border Act which would freeze funding designated for the United Nations (U.N.) for two years and redirect the money towards completion of the wall on our Southern border. This commonsense solution responds to the previously revealed efforts by the U.N. to effectively increase the flow of migrants by "teaching" them how to seek asylum and avoid depor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement on the House Republicans' rules package for the 118th Congress. "The Republican rules package takes the Trump administration's war on the federal workforce to the extreme. "The archaic Holman Rule and anti-Federal Employee Select Committee are   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: On Thursday, January 5, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash.) Equal Pay for Team USA Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The landmark legislation ensures all athletes who represent the United States in global competition - like the World Cup, Olympics, and Paralympics - receive equal pay and benefits - regardless o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region, issued a stark warning today on the inclusion of the Holman Rule in the House Republican rules  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2023: U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region, issued a stark warning today on the inclusion of the Holman Rule in the House Republican  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: In December, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced that they secured over $200 million in federal funding for local community projects across Virginia in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill. The federal dollars come from a process that allows members of Congress to work with the communities they represent to request and dedicate funding for specific community projects in a manner that p  more