WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $53,797 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two West Virginia Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). Specifically, this funding aims to address unsheltered and/or rural homelessness through HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program to help those e  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $511,427 in Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This funding was made available through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and appropri  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services" at 10:15 a.m. on June 13, 2023, at 2175 Rayburn House Office Building: Opening Statement: * Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Witness: * The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services * * * Original text here: https://edworkforce.house.gov/cale  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has awarded the Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board $429,097 to preserve 149.6 acres at Shepherdstown Battlefield in Jefferson County, West Virginia, through the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program. The funds will be used to support conservation eas  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Last week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Angus King (I-ME) to introduce the China Defense Spending Transparency Act, bipartisan legislation requiring the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to publish a comprehensive report exposing the true extent of China's defense-industrial build   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the DigDeep Right to Water Project will receive $495,840 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to upgrade wastewater infrastructure in McDowell County. This federal funding is one of the Congressionally Directed Spendin  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the city of Charleston will receive $500,000 from the Department of Labor (DOL) to launch a new workforce development initiative, the Hope Community Development Corporation's (Hope CDC) Affiliate Workforce Center. This federal funding is one of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) reque  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded Amtrak for submitting applications for Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 16 proposed projects across the country that would improve long-distance rail reliability, reduce travel times and expand service. One of the proposed projects is upgrading the Cardinal line, which passes through West Virginia, to daily service. "I app  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wrote a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, expressing the Senator's concerns regarding selective implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and urging a delay in enforcing fees on methane emissions under the Methane Emiss  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following last month's onshore oil and gas lease sale held by the U.S. Department of the Interior that brought in $78,844,369 on 37 parcels -- the highest earning onshore lease sale since 2019. This is the first onshore oil and gas lease sale since the en  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Rep.) -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, posted the following news release from May 29, 2023: Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett shared the following statement on the introduction of U.S. Virgin Islands Trans-Atlantic Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Legislation, H.R. 3385: "I am pleased to introduce legislation to request an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of developing a Trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable which will connect New York and Virginia Be  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, Congressman Bob Good's (VA-05) Self-Insurance Protection Act passed the Education and Workforce Committee by a vote of 24 to 18. The legislation can now move to the House floor. The Self-Insurance Protection Act will prevent federal regulators from redefining stop-loss insurance and over-regulating it to the point that it is inaccessible. By increasing access to stop-loss insurance, this  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- 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, announced the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has awarded the Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board $429,097 to preserve 149.6 acres at Shepherdstown Battlefield in Jefferson County, West Virginia, through the Battlefield Land Acquisition Gra  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following last month's onshore oil and gas lease sale held by the U.S. Department of the Interior that brought in $78,844,369 on 37 parcels -- the highest earning onshore lease sale since 2019  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 2:15 p.m. on June 13, 2023, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * The Honorable Nisha Desai Biswal, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation * Mr. Edgard D. Kagan, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary an  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 13 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to help streamline health insurance enrollment for low-income families. In their letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the se  more