WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times, on June 14, 2023: * * * In Case You Missed It, via the Washington Times, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote an op-ed that underscores why the Biden administration--not student loan servicers--is to blame for America's failing student loan system. Biden's game of Monopoly: St  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting the potential for fraud within President Biden's student loan scam. In the letter, Reps.  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, June 21, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled "Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market." "One of the greatest challenges the health care market faces  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in the Ways and Means Committee markup on the United States Taiwan Initiative on 21st- Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act and three tax bills introduced by Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08). The Small Business Jobs Act, Build It in America Act, and Tax Cuts for Working Families Act extend key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act, protect sm  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- 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, and seven colleagues have introduced legislation to prohibit the Biden administration from banning gas stoves. The Save Our Gas Stoves Act explicitly prohibits the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from implementing a proposed rule that would impose  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023 (CNEA). The bipartisan legislation would enhance the ability of the United States to compete in existing and emer  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing with administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Shailen Bhatt. During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito questioned Administrator Bhatt on the Biden adminis  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing with Shailen Bhatt, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), to discuss implementation of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeff Baran to serve another term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) led Republicans in voting against Baran, saying, "His votes and positions simply do not align   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 2 p.m. on June 21, 2023, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * Ms. Kara C. McDonald, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Lithuania * The Honorable Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger today helped reintroduce bicameral legislation to codify the right for Americans to access all forms of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved birth control into federal law. Last year, Spanberger cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -- which upended reproduc  more