WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, released the following video with her Republican colleagues in response to President Biden's State of the Union Address. In the video, the senators address the true concerns of the American people that President Biden neglected to reference, highlight misconceptions within the president's speech, and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group to reintroduce the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA). The legislation, led by U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), along with U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers urging quick action to finalize the Buchanan County Consolidated School Relocation Project. In their letter, the lawmakers highlighted the elongated approval process and the need to act swiftly to finalize a project that is vital for Southwest  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- 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) sent a letter to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Jenny R. Yang to lambast the agency's imminent release of job creators' sensitive employee data. In the letter, Foxx writes: "I have serious concerns that the Department of Labor's Office of Feder  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following opening remarks at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Health on Feb. 8, 2023, entitled "The Federal Response to COVID-19": * * * "To date, more than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19. On top of the loss of life, the pandemic brought our country to a standstill. "It cost our economy around $15 trillion dollars. That e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), along with U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN), joined CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss their bipartisan bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs). The repeal of the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs would formally end the Gulf and Iraq wars decades after Congress authorized them. The bill would reassert Congress' const  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) has been selected to serve on the Congressional Escort Committee ahead of tonight's State of the Union address. Congresswoman Kiggans will join a bipartisan group of Members to escort the President of the United States into the U.S. House of Representatives Chamber for the State of the Union address. "While the President and I don't always see eye to eye, i  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, Co-Chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) to ensure historic broadband funding is used efficiently to expand connectivity across Maine. The Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) would classify broadband funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Blake Moore (R-UT-01) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to prevent the waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds. Improper payments -- or payments made by the government that should not have been disbursed or were disbursed in the incorrect amount -- are of significant concern in certain federal funding programs, including COVID-  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) urged the Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to finalize the Buchanan County Consolidated School Relocation Project, a project that would relocate and consolidate the existing Hurley High School and Buchanan County Career, Technology & Higher Learning Center from their existing locati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) urged the Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to finalize the Buchanan County Consolidated School Relocation Project, a project that would relocate and consolidate the existing Hurley High School and Buchanan County Career, Technology & Higher Learning Center from their exis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Rising energy prices, the cost of living crisis, and generous government benefits fueling a labor shortage are the major challenges facing workers and local business owners who testified before the first hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means held in Petersburg, West Virginia. Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) convened the hearing Monday on the state of th  more