BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia, May 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) yesterday evening traveled to Bridgeport, W.Va. where she provided the keynote address at the 104th Annual Harrison County Chamber of Commerce's awards dinner. During her remarks, Senator Capito provided an update on the latest from Congress, as well as her efforts to deliver for the people of Harrison County and all of West Virginia. "  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, joined committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) and Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-05) to demand information from Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su about recent reports that migrant children - many of whom were under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - are being trafficked and working  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 3712, the Digital Dollar Pilot Prevention Act to close the Federal Reserve's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot program loophole. Specifically, this bill would prohibit the Federal Reserve from establishing, carrying out, or approving a program intended to test the practicability of issuing a CBDC. 14 House Republicans signed onto the bill as original cosponso  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on May 25, 2023: * * * Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: "Earlier this week I was proud to vote for bipartisan legislation to investigate the financing mechanisms used to facilitate the trafficking of fentanyl into our country. This is the type of policy that Congress should be advancing to help our country respond to the complex issues of addiction and drug traffic  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) to raise an array of frustrating experiences Virginians have faced with their mail delivery service and to press for answers regarding why these persistent issues are occurring and how the USPS will fix them. "In the Town of Chilhowie, Virginia, my casework team began receiving complaints from customers about utility bil  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $249,794 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a linguistic research project at West Virginia University (WVU). The project will examine the acoustic properties of consonants in different languages. "West Virginia University continues to make our state proud with important research projects,"   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the SASC Cybersecurity Subcommittee, announced the Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) are partnering with Marshall University and West Virginia University (WVU) to establish a National Center of Excellence for C  more

WEIRTON, West Virginia, May 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Form Energy Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mateo Jaramillo, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, West Virginia Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael and other Form Energy and West Virginia leaders at the groundbreaking for Form Energy's new iron-air b  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following floor statement on May 25, 2023: * * * Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) joined fellow House Democrats on the House Floor to demand the Republican majority do their jobs and pay America's bills to prevent a devastating economic default. Remarks as delivered are transcribed below. "Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my opposition to House Republicans adjourning for the holiday while leaving the American people in limb  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Form Energy Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mateo Jaramillo, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, West Virginia Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael and other Form Energy and West Virginia leaders at the groundbreaki  more