WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today called for the resignation of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: "If true, the reported existence of a hidden financial relationship between a conservative donor and a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is inexcusable and unacceptable. "Today the Supreme Court faces a crisis of public confidence, a crisis Justice Thomas helped create with corrup  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently helped reintroduce the Coal Council Certainty Act - legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) - to restore the mission of the National Coal Council (NCC), a federal advisory committee that previously provided advice, recommendations, and insights to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issue  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 19 of her Republican colleagues to reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act - legislation led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) - that would allow local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and would pull taxpayer-funded grants to sanctuary cities. "Our country welcome  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news statement on April 14, 2023: * * * Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement renweing his call for Justice Clarence Thomas to resign from the Supreme Court: "The latest ethical breach by Justice Thomas -- a sweetheart real estate purchase by his gift-giving billionaire friend -- has moved this scandal from expensive gifts to cash revenue. "I renew my call for him to resign imm  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- hosted her 2023 Farm Bill Summit to hear directly from Virginia crop and livestock producers, farm groups, conservation organizations, and rural advocates about their priorities as Farm Bill negotiations continue. Additionally, she brought several U.S. Department of Agriculture (U  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine hosted an event at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap to discuss clean energy tax credits, economic development, and job creation in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Kaine helped pass last year. The event came from an idea Kaine had to bring local leaders, state and federal government officials, and businesses together to strategize on how to ta  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * Today Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay on restrictions to mifepristone access in the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA case. "Justice Alito's decision to issue a temporary administrative stay preserving access to mifepristone is good news in the continued fight for rep  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) hosted a veterans roundtable at American Legion Post 186 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. This roundtable served as a space for Congressman Wittman to share his veterans-related work, hear directly from First District veterans, and give veterans the opportunity to express their concerns and ask questions pertaining to their Veterans Affairs benefits a  more