CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 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 $228,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to West Virginia University (WVU) to support the research of oral diseases and disorders, s  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 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 $1,603,306 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support Head Start Projects and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in West Vir  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five bills: H. Res. 461, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted to the United States,   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to request information from the Department of Labor on how it plans to address the alarming increase of illegal child labor in th  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led 47 bipartisan Senators in urging Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to refrain from finalizing a DOE efficiency standard that would worsen the current shortage of distribution transformers, which are critical grid products. The proposed rule comes at a time when the avai  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023, and a letter: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) joined an effort calling for an end to the human rights abuses by the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazad of Bangladesh and to give the people of Bangladesh the best possible chance for free and fair parliamentary elections to be scheduled this fall. In recent months, tens of thousands of peaceful protestors have demonstrated for fair and f  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following joint statement on June 2, 2023, with Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Congressman Tim Walberg  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 339,000 jobs in May, as the unemployment rate ticked up slightly from 3.4 percent to 3.7 percent. Since taking office, President Biden has created 13.1 million jobs, which is more jobs created in 28 months than any previous President has   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia will receive $140,684,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML). This funding was part of the Energy Infrastructure Act that Chairman Manchin ushered through the Senate Energy   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that Tokamak Energy Inc., with operations in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of eight companies nationwide to advance designs and research and development for fu  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led 47 bipartisan Senators in urging Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to refrain from finalizing a DOE efficiency standard that would worsen the current shortage of distribution transformers, which are critical grid  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on his securement of the Mountain Valley Pipeline into the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. "Last summer, I introduced legislation to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. "I am pleas  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: * * * Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the reliability and resiliency of electric services in the United States in light of recent assessments and alerts. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the importance of, and actions needed, t  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the inclusion of a provision to expedite completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in legislation announced Sunday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. "After working with Speaker McC  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor in support of provisions to expedite completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and implement permitting reforms, which are included in the debt ceiling pa  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Seapower Subcommittee, announced today that Eastport will receive a port visit during the city's 2023 Fourth of July celebration. The U.S. Navy has committed to sending the USS Oscar Austin, a Bath-built Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, from N  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $22,780,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia. The funding will clean up pollution caused by past coal mining and help create good-paying jobs. It was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which the senators voted to pass in 2021. This is the second allotment of funding awarded to Virgi  more