WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) applauded the announcement made by Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) that Breeze Airways will connect West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) with new nonstop flights to Orlando, Fla. (MCO) and Charleston, S.C. (CHS) beginning May 31, 2023 with a possibility of three additional destinations within the next two years. "The partnership between B  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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 and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks at the weekly Senate Republican Leadership press conference on the Biden administration's flawed and burdensome "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule, as well as the need for permitting reform. In F  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today questioned the Secretary of the U.S. Navy Carlos Del Toro, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday, and Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General David Berger on the Navy and Marine Corps budget request for FY2024. During the hearing, Senator Capito as  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news and letter: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 18 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over Tunisian President Kais Saied's intensified crackdown against his perceived political opponents and his recent remarks that have incited racially motivated v  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 28, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how the Biden administration's heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies are hurting America's workforce: "One of the most troubling consequences of pan  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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 $1,595,817 from the U.S. Department of Education Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program for West Virginia University (WVU) and Concord University. The funding will support the training of school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies across  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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 $9,755,284 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support quality, affordable housing for all West Virginians. The funding will bolster community-based efforts to address homelessness by helping connect vulnerable individuals and families with critical supportive services. "Every West   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,072,505 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for 13 West Virginia projects. The funding will support increasing staffing and strengthening administrative capacities for eleven Local Development Districts (LDDs) and two non-profit organizations across the state. "The Appalachian Regi  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Combating Illicit Xylazine Act to take action against a dangerous drug causing overdoses in West Virginia and across the country. Xylazine, also known as "tranq," is an easily accessible veterinary tranquilizer that leads to depressed breathing and heart rate, unconsciousness, necrosis and even death. "In the last year, more than 106  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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 Department of Defense (DoD) leadership on the importance of passing a national budget on time and on ensuring accountability and overnight in U.S. assistance to Ukraine. The witnesses were Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, Michae  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Today during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science hearing, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on addressing law enforcement personnel shortages in West Virginia, stopping the flow of fentanyl into the United States and holding Russia accountable for war crimes  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) ranked U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger as the most effective Member of Congress -- in either the U.S. House or U.S. Senate -- on issues pertaining to agriculture. With a score of 48.7, Spanberger received the highest effectiveness ranking on agriculture issues for the 117th Congress. "As 2023 Farm Bill negotiations contin  more