WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the outgoing Chairman of Congress' Joint Economic Committee, today hailed the news in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report for January, which showed that the U.S. economy smashed expectations with 517,000 jobs created in January, as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since May of 1969: "This jobs report is fantastic. The U.S. economy has now c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,229,158 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness and Apple Tree Garden Apartments in Ranson, W.Va. to help provide quality, affordable housing for West Virginians. This funding will spec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- 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 Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues reintroduced the Public Health and Border Security Act to require all COVID-19 related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated. The legislation would also require the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), announced the formation of a Republican Working Group led by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga (R-MI). The purpose of the working group is to combat the threat to our capital markets posed by those on the far-left pushing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) proposals. Upon being select  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced that his guest to Tuesday's Presidential State of the Union Address will be Bristol, Virginia resident and At-Large International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) James Gibbs. James is a third-generation coal miner from Dickenson County who has worked as an electrician in underground mines and as a lineman at surface operations. "I'm honored that Jame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced that she was selected to serve as the Vice Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries. The Subcommittee is responsible for matters concerning America's water resources, federal irrigation projects, generation of electric power from federal water projects, interstate water issues, and fisheries management. "I'm ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- 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 $1,229,158 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness and Apple Tree Garden Apartments in Ranson to help provide quality, affordable housing for all West Virginians. This funding will specifically support conne  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in reintroducing the Public Health and Border Security Act to require all COVID-19 related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated. The legislation would also require the U.S. Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), reintroduced the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act to reissue benefits for defrauded Veterans. Under current law, if a defrauded Veteran passes away before their case with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is resolved, the Veteran's family cannot seek reimbursement for the defrauded funds. "Our brave Veterans have sacrif  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced unworkable nutrition standards that will hamstring schools: "We will review t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the administration's reckless Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal and called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to extend the rushed public com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) led 126 House Republicans in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the upcoming case considering the Biden administration's student loan bailout, which exploits legislation drafted in the wake of Septemb  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Jim Risch (R-ID), Shelley Capito (R-WV), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm calling on the Biden Administration to follow guidelines in the bipartisan Infrastructure I  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 2, 2023, on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * The Committee will come to order. I want to begin the 118th Congress by welcoming all our members especially including our new member, Senator Hawley. We'll be kicking off this year with a discussion of the Department of Energy's im  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced an award totaling $135,684 to help provide housing and supportive services to Virginians experiencing homelessness in the Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford communities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded this grant funding to the Fredericksburg Regional Continuum of Care, which will also use  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 3, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Chairman on the House Armed Services Committee and senior member on the House Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), released the following statement in response to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon flying over the United States: "This Chinese spy balloon should have neve  more