WASHINGTON, March 9 -- 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 that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has acquired a site in Mace, W.Va., and will soon develop the new National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Underground Mine Safety and Health Resear  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $681,618 in federal funding to Triple E Farms in Hampshire County and Frostmore Farm in Pocahontas County. This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Investment Program, will be used to expand the customer bases for the farms with better online   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) delivered remarks on the Senate Floor on the out-of-control crime and disregard for law and order enabled by the Biden administration. Later today, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a resolution of disapproval to the D.C. City Council's irresponsible actions to rewrite their criminal code, amid skyrocketing crime in the nation's capital. The res  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act. The bill would comprehensively address the ongoing threat posed by technology from foreign adversaries by empowering the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, prevent, and mitigate  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), along with U.S. Representatives Kevin Hern (R-Okla.-01) and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.-04), reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Senators Capito and Shaheen originally introduced the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act last  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, participated in a fireside chat at the Association of Defense Communities' National Summit in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss how we can foster more sustainable, resilient installations and defense communities that support our servicemembers and their families. During her remarks, Duckworth highl  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, and H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act: "Today, we are considering two bills included in t  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), applauded committee passage of their bipartisan legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs), formally ending the Gulf and Iraq wars. The 1991 and 2002 AUMFs--which passed 32 and 20 years ago, respectively--authorized the use of force for the Gulf and Iraq   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine cosponsored legislation to ban the marketing of firearms to children. The Protecting Kids from Gun Marketing Act, led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), would specifically direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules that prohibit marketing firearms to children. The firearms industry is not subject to any specific restrictions or limitations on their marketing practices,  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after voting against H.Con.Res. 21, which would require the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria: "In August 2021 we all watched in horror as the Biden Administration's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal left 13 of our servicemembers dead and allowed the Taliban to retake the country in days," said Congresswoman Kiggans. "It   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- 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 and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will construct a mine safety research facility and laboratory in Mace, West Virginia. Senator Manchin secured the funding for the design and construction of the new site as part of the Fiscal Year   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY), joined House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and House Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Senate Committee on Armed Services Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS),  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, questioned witnesses on U.S. cybersecurity operations and capabilities and the economic and national security advantages of passing a budget on time. The witnesses were the Honorable Christopher P. Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Op  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan. "Monday night, the Department of the Interior made it painfully clear - again - that they are putting their radical climate agenda ahead of our nation's e  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his decision to vote against Daniel Werfel for Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). "At every turn, this Administration has ignored Congressional intent when implementing the Inflation Reduction Act. First and foremost, the IRA is an energy security bill with clear and direct guidelines to ensure we   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to postpone finalizing a rule, known as the Good Neighbor Rule or the Interstate Transport Rule, that could prompt the premature closure of baseload power plants and threaten electricity affordability and reliability across West Virginia and 24 additional states. Senator Manchin expressed concerns ove  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his vote to overturn the DC City Council's recently passed law, the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. The law would have made several dangerous changes to DC's criminal code, including reducing the maximum sentence for armed burglary from 60 years to 8 years, reducing the mandatory minimum sentence for first-degree  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan. "Monday night, the Department of the Interior made it painfully clear - again - that they   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY), joined House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and House Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Senate Committee o  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined BHE Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC), Our Next Energy, Inc. (ONE), and state leaders to break ground on a $500,000,000 manufacturing site to be built on more than 2,000 acres of land in Jackson County, West Virgini  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK) John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the ENR Committee, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and John Kennedy (R-LA) sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanue  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today testified before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration to make the case for her bipartisan legislation to ban Members of Congress -- as well as their spouses and dependent children -- from buying or selling individual stocks. Spanberger testified as part of the Committee on House Administration's Member Day, which focused on pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 45 Senate colleagues in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), federal legislation to guarantee access to abortion care across the country. The bill's introduction comes as states continue to pass dangerous anti-choice laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v.  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 45 Senate colleagues in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), federal legislation to guarantee access to abortion care across the country. The bill's introduction comes as states continue to pass dangerous anti-choice laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v  more