CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today delivered remarks at the first meeting of the WV Women of Asphalt. Women of Asphalt is a national organization devoted to connecting and supporting women working throughout the asphalt industry, with 17 chapters across the country. "West   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,000,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for West Virginia University (WVU). The funding, which is through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will be used to develop a first-of-a-kind facility to extract and separate r  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $62,283,000 in funding for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in West Virginia through this year's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), funded by the Infrastructure I  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $549,994 to West Virginia University (WVU) through the National Science Foundation (NSF), namely the EPSCoR program which the senator has long supported. This funding will support research that uses artificial inte  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced a resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (NGYCP). This resolution recognizes the NGYCP's thirty years of successfully mentoring at-risk youth in our communities, commends the accomplishments of the program's graduates, and reaffirms the Senate's commit  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) last week reintroduced the One Stop For Small Business Licensing Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to create a centralized website that includes federal, state, and local licensing and business permit information necessary to establish a small business.   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) submitted comments to the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and the Treasury in support of the proposed rules to ensure access to no-cos  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter sent to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona seeking information on whether colleges and universities are complying with reporting requirements under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires schools to report foreign gifts and  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in introducing the Smarter Sentencing Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize federal drug sentencing policies by lowering mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses. The bill would provide federal judges with more flexibility to determine penalties for nonviolent offenses, allowing judges flexibility to apply   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $3,769,158 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for the Welch Gas Cooperative Association. The funding was made possible through the Bipartisan  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced approximately $40,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) for the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) research site in Morgantown, West Virginia. The funding was made possible by the Inflation Red  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $7,302,301 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services across West Virginia. The funding will specifically be used to advance two medical research projects through West Virginia University and establish psychiatry residency training p  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on April 5, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) issued the following statement on the 13th anniversary of the tragedy that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine disaster near Whitesville, West Virginia. "Thirteen years ago, West Virginia suffered an immeasurable loss when 29 brave coal miners were killed in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. My heart goes out to the f  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced she has formally joined the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, chaired by Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04). "The gun violence epidemic is one of the greatest challenges of our time," said McClellan. "When people go to the grocery store, school, work, or their place of worship, they should not have to worry about whether they   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposal to reconsider the existing, health-protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulation that covers generation from coal- and oil-fired power plants and   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- 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 U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced approximately $40,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) for the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) research site in Morgantown, West Virginia. The funding was mad  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on April 5, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposal to reconsider the existing, health-protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) reg  more