CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $500,000 in funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess brownfield sites for future redevelopment in Brooke and Hancock counties. "We've seen investments i  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced $4,047,745.55 for the DBA Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse costs accrued  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, applauded the announcement that Amtrak has submitted applications for Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 16 proposed projects around the country that would improve Long Distance reliability, reduce travel times, and expand servi  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 23, 2023, entitled "Protecting Employees' Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * The National Labor Relations Board was created by Congress to serve as a fair and neutral arbiter in resolving labor disputes between employers an  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: This past weekend, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, traveled throughout West Virginia to highlight the enactment of legislation to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Senator Manchin began championing the effort to complete the pipe  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine cosponsored bipartisan legislation to combat the country's fentanyl crisis by more effectively penalizing those who traffic fentanyl into the United States. The FEND Off Fentanyl Act, led by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tim Scott (R-SC), would strengthen current laws and direct the Treasury Department to target, sanction, and block the financial assets of transnationa  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,047,745 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. The funding will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our frontline workers have gone above and beyond  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act alongside Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL). This bipartisan bill will provide industries 60 days' notice before imposing tariffs on products and goods. "It is imperative American importer  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced an award of $3.2 million -- made possible through the bipartisan infrastructure law -- to improve railroad crossing safety in Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Hanover Counties. The funding will be used by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) to make safety improvements at crossings in rural areas of Virginia'  more