WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Chip Roy (R-TX-21) today led 35 of their colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan bill to require Members of Congress -- as well as their spouses and dependent children -- to put certain investment assets into a qualified blind trust during their entire tenure in Congress, effectively banning them from trading individual stocks. B  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 12 -- 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 $498,512 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support increased Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services at Marshall University and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Wheeling. This funding aims to bolster  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney, Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Congressman Chris Pappas introduced the "Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act" to survey the problems small businesses in rural areas face when attempting to access capital. "Access to capital is essential to the economic health and growth of rural communities. West Virginia's small business owners create jobs and strengthen t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney issued the following statement following the discovery of classified documents from Joe Biden's time as Vice President were found in his "personal library" at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, along with other documents found in his garage. This comes days after it was disclosed that sensitive documents were also found at the office of President Biden's former institute in Was  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following floor statement on Jan. 12, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) spoke on the House of Representatives floor in support of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Remarks as prepared are below: * * * "Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. All life is sacred. Defending innocent lives should not be a policy issue. This legislation protects babies  more

GASSAWAY, West Virginia, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) visited the Gassaway Kroger with Kroger CEO, Rodney McMullen, after Kroger leadership and UFCW Local 400 leaders announced in November that that Gassaway location would remain open. Kroger had previously announced the store would close this month. Senator Manchin also visited the Braxton Senior Citizens Center for lunch. "Today I visited the Gassaway Kroger   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $498,512 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support increased Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services at Marshall University and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Wheeling. This funding aims to bolster treatment of t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, in the first days of the 118th Congress, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) voted to rescind funding for the 87,000 new IRS agents and staff passed by the previous Congress. Rep. Ben Cline released the following statement: "The last thing hardworking families and small businesses need is more IRS bureaucrats spying on their Venmo accounts to squeeze more money out of their pockets," Rep. Cline   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement following the release of a congressionally-mandated declassified report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP): "Today's report reflects a step forward in understanding and addressing risks to aviators. Overall, I am encouraged to see an increase in UAP rep  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), released the following statement in response to the release of the Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Virginia Military Factbook. "As a Senior Member on the House Armed Services Committee, I understand that the work we do in Congress is critical to the well-being of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This week's release of the Virginia Military   more