WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, announced $8,728,752 from Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the state of West Virginia. LIHEAP is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and provides critical financial assista  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today announced $9,352,225 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support vision research, maternal and child health services, increased allergy, immunology, and transplantation research, and Head Start p  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, yesterday announced an additional $190.7 million in funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Lower Mud River flood control project in Milton, W.Va. "With recent flooding in the area, we were reminded of why the Lower Mud River flood control project is needed, and  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced $35,169,000 in funding to upgrade water, wastewater, and storm water systems in West Virginia through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "Aging water and wastewater systems pose multiple challenges to local communities throughout the United States, in  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Mike Levin (D-CA-49), reintroduced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act to reform Section 230 and allow social media companies to be held accountable for enabling  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: The U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted unanimously -- 40 to 0 -- to advance U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan bill that would build up America's response to emerging financial threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Spanberger's China Financial Threat Mitigation Act now goes to the U.S. House floor for a full vote. According to a report from the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced that she has cosponsored two resolutions to protect programs critical to Virginia's seniors and their healthcare: Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, she cosponsored H.Res.118 to reaffirm the House's commitment to save and strengthen Medicare as a vital program for senior healthcare. She also cosponsored H.Res.117, which recognizes Social S  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement in response to the President's visit to Virginia Beach. "Today the President came to Virginia's Second Congressional District - my district - and attempted to mislead my constituents about benefit cuts I actively oppose. "Instead of joining me and my Republican colleagues in a commonsense conversation about how to strengthen M  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Mike Levin (D-CA-49), reintroduced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act to reform Section 230 and allow social media companies to be held accountable for enabling cyber-stal  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $409,000 from NeighborWorks America (NeighborWorks) for the Homeownership Center in Elkins and CommunityWorks in Charleston. The funding will support developing and improving affordable housing, providing critical community-based services and creating good-paying, long-term jobs. "Every West Virginian deserves a r  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,815,859 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for three Head Start programs in West Virginia. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that strengthen early learning and emotional development, health and safety and family well-being. "Every child in West   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $8,956,269 from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. The funding will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including testing the general public for COVID-19 detection and prevention. "Our frontline workers have gone   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $8,956,269 from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. The funding will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including testing the general public for COVID-19 detection and prevention. "Our frontline workers have gone   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $35,169,000 to upgrade water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure across West Virginia. The funding is made possible through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Water State Revolving Fund. "Every West Virginian deserves clean water to drink and fresh  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Energy's announcement last week of $2.52 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for two programs meant to spur investment in carbon capture, transport and storage technologies. Chairman Manchin secured this authorization and funding in the Energy Act o  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, senior Democrat of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chairman of the International Trade Subcommittee on Finance, returned from a 6-day bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation visit to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to discuss the root causes of migration and strengthen   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House will vote on H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration's rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. On the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Julie Su, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to replace departing Secretary Marty Walsh: "If confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor, Ms. Su can be expected to push more  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress: "The PRO Act is a key tenet of the Left's agenda, a radical wish list of union boss priorities which undermines the rights of workers. "To my Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts: "Under the Biden administration, faith-based contractors are losin  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a scathing report on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) implementation of the taxpayer-funded bailout of multiemployer pension plans: "From the f  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.J. Res. 30, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule greenlighting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Congressman Barr's Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure would prevent this rule and any other similar rule from taking effect. U.S. Senator Mike  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Federal Agent Responsibility Act to curb federal government overreach and protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans. The legislation prohibits the FBI and ATF from coordinating with local law enforcement to carry out "no-knock" raids that pose an unreasonable risk to the public. "The Biden Administration continues to weaponize every part of the executive b  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- 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 Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden's illegal student loan bailout. In the letter, the lawmakers req  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement after President Biden's speech today in Virginia Beach. "I am grateful that President Biden visited Hampton Roads earlier today to let our community know about all the work that Congressional Democrats and the Biden Administration have done to expand   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Energy's announcement last week of $2.52 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for two programs meant to spur investment in carbon capture, transport and storage technolog  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter: Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden's illegal student loan bailout. In the letter, the lawmakers request documents from the Department on the development of its final cost  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger helped reintroduce a bipartisan bill to allow unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in Virginia's school cafeterias. The Spanberger-cosponsored Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act would amend requirements for milk under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National School Lunch Program to allow whole milk to be served in school c  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued a statement after the Department of Commerce released the first Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for CHIPS Act incentives, welcoming the announcement: "The projects that will be made possible by the CHIPS Act will strengthen our national security and create good-paying manufacturing jobs here in the United S  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Mr. Jamar Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA): "We're pleased the Senate voted to confirm Mr. Jamar Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia after we recommended him to the President. Mr. Walker brings signifi  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement ahead of the first hearing held by the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), "The Chinese Communist Party's Threat to America:" "I want to make one thing very clear to the Americans tuning in tonight. The Chinese Communist Party is a threat to the  more