WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 17, 2023: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), author of the bipartisan Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, which was signed into law in 2021, today issued the following statement on the FBI's release of 2021 hate crime statistics compiled through the outdated Summary Reporting System (SRS) and the newer National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), which collects significantly more detailed data for bias crimes: "T  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jack Bergman (R-MN) today reintroduced the Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) For Long COVID Act, legislation to help people living with long-term COVID-19 symptoms by improving research and providing resources for people with Long COVID. Senate companion legislation was introduced this week by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ed Markey  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, as well as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $564,939 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program to support conservation and stewardship for wildlife and their habitats in West   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- 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 $1,755,887 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) for the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security. The funding will be used to develop and staff a new crisis intervention advisory board that will include representatives from local  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $355,372 for West Virginia International Yeager Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) Program. This funding was made availabl  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined 21 of her colleagues this week in a letter - led by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) - to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemning the Biden administration's latest attempt to weaponize the tax code against U.S. energy producers. The letter is in response to President Biden's budget request for Fiscal Year   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), along with Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN), introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at creating potential pathways for regulation of cannabidiol (CBD) products. In the Farm Bill of 2018, Congress removed hemp-derived CBD from the Controlled Substance Act, which legalized the production of hemp and hemp-derived CBD. The Farm Bill still retained t  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 17, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) decision to defend the ability of Congress to conduct oversight on the Biden administration's costly student loan bailout: "Once again, the Biden Administration has fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 17, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement ahead of the 20th anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq. Following great heroism by American troops, that mission is now over. The government of Iraq is now a strategic partner. Yet, the Autho  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) encouraged West Virginia Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries to review and renew their enrollment and, if necessary, reach out for assistance in enrolling in alternative healthcare plans. The Inflation Reduction Act established a three-year extension of certain Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which will continue to provide more af  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-01), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to ensure the protection of domestic hardwood plywood manufacturers, following concern that manufacturing in this sector has been disrupted in recent years due to Ch  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and John Thune (R-SD), ranking member of the Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband, announced six new bipartisan co-sponsors for the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act, legislation that will comprehensively  more