WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a member of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force -- sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reinstate the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to a cabinet-level position. Between 2019 and 2021, overdose deaths increased by almost 60 percent and have reached record levels in Virginia  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling University received $3,000,000 to replace the current space simulator with the newly designed facility, including a Briefing Room, Mission Control, Transport Room, and the Spacecraft; to design and deliver a g  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement following President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address: "When President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress in 2021, he stressed the need for unity and togetherness, a theme he attempted to echo from his inaugural address. However, that was not the same message articulated tonight, nor how h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 36 of her Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation led by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) that would bar financial institutions from refusing or limiting services to constitutionally-protected industries. "When banks and financial service providers pick and choose which industries they'll work with based   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and House Committee on Ways and Means held their first field hearing on the State of the American Economy: Appalachia in Petersburg, West Virginia. Congresswoman Miller welcomed the Ways and Means Committee to West Virginia and highlighted how small businesses and families had been forgotten by the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress. Congresswoman Miller di  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2023: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement on today's Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on legacy IT systems and cloud computing and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Connolly requested the report as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) hiring U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as its Executive Director: "Time and time again, we have seen the Biden administration's Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding his appointment for the 118th Congress as Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) Subcommittee on Seapower. "In my new position as Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, I'm eager to lead the charge to ensure our brave servicemembers have the resources they need to keep Americans safe, and continu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Last Friday, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) joined the Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and 125 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 September 11, 2001,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) issued the below statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. Rep. Cline said, "Since President Biden took office, he has focused on pushing a far-Left agenda to appease the radical members of his party. The Biden agenda includes support for open borders and amnesty; job-killing anti-energy policies that make us more dependent   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in advance of President Biden's State of the Union address: "Tonight, President Biden will make the two-mile trek to Capitol Hill and peddle more of his administration's radical policies and far-left vision of America.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- 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) applauded U.S. Congressman Andy Barr's (R-KY) reintroduction of a Congressional Review Act measure to nullify the Department of Labor's (DOL) recent rule to greenlight environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. U.S. Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- 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) sent a letter to Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda to verify that Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met his ethics obligations as he sought employment with the National Hockey League Players Association. In the letter, Foxx writes: "It has come to my attention that afte  more

PETERSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: At the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) spoke about how policymakers must put the interests of American workers first by hearing directly from them about their struggles and their ideas to improve the lives and livelihoods of their families and communities after two years o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) today reintroduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, bipartisan legislation to expand federal paid leave to include 12 weeks of family and medical leave. Schatz's Senate bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chris V  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union address to Congress. "President Biden outlined the historic progress we have made the last two years to bring the economy back from the pandemic and set the economy up for long term success. The Presid  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following Statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger tonight released the following statement after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. "Tonight, I was encouraged to hear the President focus on lowering costs, investing in our physical infrastructure, and curbing the overdose and substance abuse crisis in our communities. These are some of the top priorities I have heard from the V  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner joined Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to take swift action to address the ongoing outbreak of avian influenza by quickly disseminating funds provided by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2023 Agricul  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced the appointment of Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) to the House Budget Committee for the 118th Congress. Wexton also served on the Committee during the 117th Congress. The Committee's chief responsibility is to draft an annual concurrent resolution on the budget that provides a Congressional framework for spending and revenue levels,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to Congress: "Tonight, President Biden spoke about a strong and resilient America which has bounced back from the darkest days of the pandemic and is coming together to tackle the biggest challenges of our time. I share Joe Biden's hope for our future - that we can a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union Address. "For too long, American families have struggled under one-party control in Washington which has been filled with out of touch and burdensome policies. Fortunately, with this new Congress and new Republican leadership, we will work to address American  more