WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with 45 of their Senate Republican colleagues, introduced the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation would establish a permanent prohibition on federal funding for abortion, replacing the current restrictions with a single, government-wide standard. "I am proud to co-sponsor commonsense legislation t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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, today announced two grants totaling $932,193 through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for projects in West Virginia. "West Virginia's natural habitats allows wildlife of all kinds  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following floor statement on Jan. 27, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor this week to condemn schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, for withholding National Merit Scholarship Commendation award letters from hundreds of students. Chairwoman Foxx's Remarks: "I was appalled to learn that mult  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement announcing her assignment to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. "I am honored to announce that I have been selected to serve a second term on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce led by Dr. Virginia Foxx. I look forward to providing vigorous oversight of Biden's radical Department of Education, which is viol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $958,960 to Henry County, Virginia, for the construction of a pump station, sewer line, and other improvements to the county's water and sewer system, in an effort to support business and job growth in the area. "This is great news for Henry County. "This significant  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 26, 2023: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after participating in a House Energy and Commerce Committee Roundtable on energy security in the United States. "Coal remains a vital component of the American economy and yet many across the country continue to underestimate the need for coal production, putting grid reliability at risk. "When the Tennessee V  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine teamed up with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to host a first-of-its kind in-person summit in Richmond for providers treating Virginians living with Long COVID and Virginians experiencing Long COVID. Kaine, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, M.D., the Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS, Alison Barkoff,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led 13 bipartisan Senators in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to avoid one-size-fits-all staffing mandates for nursing homes. Mandates, without provider flexibility in addressing recruitment and retention issues, would worsen existing staffing shortages in West Virginia and across the country, as we  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led 10 bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers in urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina M. Khan to disapprove the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's (Authority) proposed Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program Rule until after the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is resolved. The lawmakers also urged the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: 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, today announced two grants totaling $932,193 through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for projects in West Virginia. "West Virginia is blessed with beautiful public lands and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) was appointed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) to chair the Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight for the 118th Congress. Following his selection to lead the subcommittee, Rep. Cline released the following statement. Rep. Cline said, "Americans deserve a bureaucracy that is responsive and transparent to Congress and the people.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), along with Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), and Agriculture Committee Chair "GT" Thompson (R-PA), introduced H.R. 496, the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act, which expands educational and credentialing opportunities for workers looking to gain s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- yesterday led a bicameral, bipartisan effort to protect America's ag industry from improper foreign investment -- including from entities backed by the Chinese Communist Party. As first reported in the Wall Street Journal, the bipartisan bill would strengthen the U.S. agriculture i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today led a charge in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent offshore oil and gas drilling that would be disastrous for Virginia's economy. Legislation considered on the U.S. House floor this week -- the Strategic Production Response Act -- would prevent use of America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the administration agrees to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- today pressed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to recognize the threats posed by Avian Influenza to Virginia producers and to take more steps to help lower egg prices at the grocery store for Virginia families. According to last week's Consumer Price Index, the price of eggs inc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger tonight issued the following statement after video of Tyre Nichols's arrest by Memphis Police was released. "Words cannot express this horror we have all now witnessed on video -- the sickening footage of the arrest, brutal beating, and horrific murder of Tyre Nichols by sworn officers of the law. We watched as Mr. Nichols was tased, pepper   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase competition in the meatpacking industry. According to a 2021 Rabobank report, an additional daily packing capacity of 5,000 to 6,000 head of fed cattle could restore the historical balance of fed cattle supplies and packing capacity. The Butcher Block Ac  more