WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $14,049,085 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), West Virginia University (WVU), and Marshall Univer  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $3,702,041 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Kanawha County Board of Education. This funding will be used to support Head Start programs in  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined several Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in response to recent reports indicating that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will stop using "all familial DNA testing" at the U.S. southern  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced she has introduced the Caregiver Outreach and Program Enhancement (COPE) Act alongside fellow veteran Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06). Kiggans' bipartisan legislation would increase mental health resources available to caregivers of America's veteran population. By establishing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant programs for entities that support caregiver men  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $22,007,997 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services across West Virginia. The funding will specifically be used to prevent and control the spread of cancer and infectious diseases, strengthen Black Lung clinic programs, expand access to pediatric   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,702,041 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Kanawha County Board of Education Head Start Program. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age five through services that strengthen early learning and emotional development, health and safety and family well-being. "Ever  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced more than 86,000 new unserved locations in West Virginia according to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) latest update to its broadband coverage map. Senator Manchin authored provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocating funds to each state based on their proportion of unserved areas, requiring that funding be based on upda  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on June 1, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominees * Shannon R. Saylor, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia * Ana de Alba, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit * Irma Carrillo Ramirez, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit II. Bills * S. 1080, Cooper Davis Act (Marshall, Sha  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) led her Virginia Democratic colleagues, Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10), in submitting an amendment to the House Rules Committee to strip the Mountain Valley Pipeline permitting provision from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Initially announced in 2014, the Mo  more

LEESBURG, Virginia, May 31 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced new constituent casework milestones: successfully closing 10,262 cases for her constituents and returning a total of $18,125,726 to the hardworking taxpayers of Virginia's 10th District. "Since my first day in Congress, advocating on behalf of my constituents and delivering results that improve their lives has been my top priority. Thanks to my incre  more