CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, announced $344,919 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Modulation Therapeutics, Inc. The funding will be used to support diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic res  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, announced $266,240 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The funding comes through the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, announced $13,543,856 in continued federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for four medical care providers across West Virginia following prior awards. "I  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 40 of her Senate colleagues - led by U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) - in reintroducing legislation to permanently repeal the federal estate tax, more commonly known as the death tax. The Death Tax Repeal Act would eliminate the tax that could harm family-run farms, ranches, and businesses as the result of the owner's death.  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary on Inside Higher Ed, on April 10, 2023: In another blatant example of regulatory overreach, the Department of Education recently issued guidance for third-party servicers that gives the federal government more control over private companies. This guidance will increase regulatory burdens, stifle innovation, balloon administrative compliance  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), John Boozman (R-AR), and Mike Braun (R-IN) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to make higher education more accessible and affordable by expanding opportunities for high school students to obtain college credit. The Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (MEAA) would expand the use of existing federal grants availab  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton's announcement that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease: "Jennifer Wexton is a fighter. I've seen it running alongside her in 2018, and I've seen it serving Virginians alongside her in Congress as we've pushed for priorities like rebuilding our infrastructure, lowering costs  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 12 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following and letter on April 11, 2023: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) sent a letter to Erin Kane, President and CEO of AdvanSix, and Andy Girvin, Plant Manager for AdvanSix Hopewell, and local labor leaders, urging them to continue negotiating in good faith to reach a resolution expeditiously. Over 340 employees recently went on strike over reported wage issues in their new contracts. Hopewell is AdvanSi  more

LEESBURG, Virginia, April 12 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: On World Parkinson's Disease Day, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) shared that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. She released a video, which can be found here (https://twitter.com/RepWexton/status/1645766336386039812). The transcript is below. "If there's one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on, it's that Parkinson's Disease sucks. Today, o  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) applauded the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) team for submitting their application to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for the regional clean hydrogen hub Funding Opportunity Announcement (  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) applauded the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) team for submitting their application to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for the regional clean hy  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: On Tuesday, April 18, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled "School Choice: Expanding Educational Freedom for All." "The silver lining of the pandemic is that school choice is now spreading like wildfire acr  more