WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, May 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help address America's shortage of Technical Service Providers (TSPs), who help producers deploy and manage U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs through one-on-one assistance. In January 2023, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Terry Cosby   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, as well as the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan on the EPA's budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. During t  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) yesterday introduced the Educational Opportunity and Success Act, which would reauthorize and strengthen the federal TRIO Programs. Nationwide, TRIO Programs help ensure that underserved students have equal access to a college education and the support they need to  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- 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) joined Newsmax to discuss the Limit, Save, Grow Act and Randi Weingarten's efforts to prolong school closures during the pandemic. On Republican solutions to address the nation's debt: "We've passed a debt ceiling bill. Now it's [Biden's] turn and the Senate's turn to c  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations issued the following written testimony by Amy J. Mathers, clinical director of antimicrobial stewardship at the University of Virginia, on behalf of the American Society for Microbiology, involving a hearing on April 28, 2023, entitled "Antimicrobial Resistance: Examining an Emerging Public Health Threat": * * * American Society for Microbiology (ASM), one of the largest life science societies with mor  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Marco Rubio (R-FL) applauded committee passage of their Caribbean Basin Security Authorization Act. The bipartisan legislation would improve security cooperation, combat drug traffic  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,475,029 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support safe, affordable housing for all West Virginians. The funding will specifically be used to help communities humanely and effectively address homelessness, increase the availability of safe, affordable housing for low-  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that he will vote to pass H.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution of disapproval of the Administration's rule allowing tariff waivers for solar modules and cells from four Southeast Asian countries. Chairman Manchin is the only Democratic co-sponsor of the identical Senate resolution, S.J. Res. 15. "For too  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on May 3, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on his decision to vote to overturn the unnecessary and burdensome U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) final rule to up-list the current status of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) to endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). There are preexisting an  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) reintroduced the bipartisan Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act to give patients and doctors more control over their healthcare decisions and increase access to dental and vision care. This legislation would allow dentists, optometrists and ophthalmologists to use the medical labs of their choice and provide clarity for doctors, patients and  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) spoke at the Community Project Funding Groundbreaking in Summers County to highlight the importance of maintaining and investing into towns and communities to preserve West Virginia's history. The groundbreaking ceremony celebrated the $190,000 secured by Congresswoman Miller for sidewalk repair and other projects in Hinton, West Virginia. "Hinton is a b  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing and discussed progress on key West Virginia projects, including an update on Nucor steel mill's progress through the permitting and federal review process, as well as the Corps' work across the country. HIGHLIGHTS: UPDATE  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- 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, announced that he will vote to pass H.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution of disapproval of the Administration's rule allowing tariff waivers for solar modules and cells from four Southeast Asian countries. Chairman Manchin is the only Democratic co-spon  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing and discussed progress on key West Virginia projects, including an update on Nucor steel mill's progress through the permitting and federal review process, as well as th  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "U.S. Army Corps Budget 2024 and Implementation of Water Resources Development Act of 2022." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Chairman Carper, for calling today's hearing and f  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 27 colleagues in introducing the Kids Online Safety Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation to protect children online. The Kids Online Safety Act provides young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency they need to protect against online harms. The bill requires social media platforms to by default enable a range of protections against addictive  more