WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: With violence erupting across the country, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee in search of safety, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today formally requested that the Biden administration issue a new Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Sudan. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: With violence erupting across the country, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee in search of safety, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today formally requested that the Biden administration issue a new Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Sudan. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks at the weekly Senate Republican Leadership press conference on the need for President Biden to earnestly negotiate a debt ceiling solution, and engage in bipartisan compromise that he has previously claimed to champion. HIGHLIGHTS: SUPPORTING THE HOUSE'S EFFORTS: "You  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today questioned U.S. Secretary of the Army Hon. Christine Wormuth and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville on the U.S. Army's budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. During the hearing, Senator Capito asked about the effectiveness of American munitions in support  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced the Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act, legislation to improve the way patients receive care for mental illness in emergency departments. The bipartisan bill would establish a competitive grant program for emergency departments to adopt more collaborative and connecte  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on May 2, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that American history and civics scores among the nation's students plummeted to their lowest point in two decades: "Today's NAEP scores show that stud  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) in reintroducing the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, bicameral gun safety legislation that would ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, and possession of gun silencers or suppressors. A gun silencer, also known as a suppressor, is attached to the barrel of a firea  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led a group of 38 Senators in expressing concerns to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over the Federal Insurance Office's (FIO) recent efforts to force the Biden Administration's environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda onto the state-regulated insurance industry. The Senators stressed that insurance has been regulated at the state   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, the text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment that was supported by 47 Senators (40 Democrats and 7 Republicans) in a tied floor vote in December 2022. This legislation will serve as a starting point for upcoming  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for fiscal year 2024. During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, raised concerns about the Department's failure to meet statutory deadlines from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the administra  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to question witnesses on judicial ethics and reforms needed in order to restore public confidence in the Supreme Court. During the hearing, Padilla questioned Amanda Frost, John A. Ewald Jr. Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; and Kedric Payne, Deputy General Counsel & Se  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the No Taxpayer Funding for the Green Climate Fund Act to block President Biden's pledge of $1 Billion from going to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund while also prohibiting future U.S. contributions to the fund. "Nothing has done more in the history of the world to lift people out of poverty than access to affordable and abundant energy. Domestic energy production ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 3021, The Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act to expressly prohibit financial institutions and credit card companies from using a merchant category code that separately categorizes gun and ammunition transactions. This legislation is endorsed by the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America. "Leftist activists have been clear that they  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- 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 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, the text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment that was supported by 47 Senators (40 Democrats and 7 Republicans) in a tied floor vote in December 2022. This legislat  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for fiscal year 2024. During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, raised concerns about the Department's failure to meet statutory deadlines from the Bipart  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a former federal law enforcement officer -- joined colleagues in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House to introduce legislation that would combat the proliferation of illegal gun conversion devices. Spanberger's Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act would help protect Virginia families, children, and law enforcement officers by strengthening effort  more