WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today introduced the Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act, legislation that seeks to level the playing field for foreign repair stations. There are nearly 1,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified maintenance and repair stations operating outside the United States. These station  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined a group of 18 Republican colleagues - led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) - in introducing a broad package to clarify and strengthen violent crime laws related to attacks on law enforcement, bank robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and other offenses. The Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act resolves discrepancie  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: On Tax Day, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined the Americans for Tax Reform press conference to highlight legislation she introduced, the Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act. Remarks as prepared below: The contrast between the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan is devastating - the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act worked for the American people, while the American Rescue Plan Act created tax  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on April 25, 2023: To mark National Infertility Awareness Week, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand and protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) that millions of Americans need to have children, including Senator Duckworth who relied on IVF to have her two daughters. The bip  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona questioning whether the Department is ready to restart student loan repayments. In the letter, Reps. Foxx and Ow  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: During National Fair Housing Month, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former fair housing attorney, and U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Adam Schiff (D-CA-30) reintroduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. 2.3 million veterans and low-income households use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) to pay rent, but there are no f  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), along with a group of bipartisan Members, announced the introduction of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2023. The bill would create nearly one million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship opportunities over the next five ye  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Mr. Kevin O'Leary, Chairman of O'Shares Investments, inviting Mr. O'Leary to visit West Virginia - America's energy powerhouse. Mr. O'Leary recently expressed interested in building a $14 billion refinery in the United  more