WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners James Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C. C  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on July 5, 2023: Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Don Beyer (VA-08), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) submitted an amicus brief in support of the Southern Environmental Law Center and The Wilderness Society's lawsuit to prevent the automatic approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Services, et al.   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,625,075 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Monongalia 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  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $504,992 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two research projects at West Virginia University (WVU). The funding will support vital research into plasma physics and conservation laws in atmospheric science. "West Virginia University continues to make our state proud w  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $857,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for a drop-out prevention and school-to-work transition program through the West Virginia Chamber Foundation Corporation and a teacher professional development program at Shepherd University. This federal funding is one of the Congr  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,496,542 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 support statewide hospital emergency preparedness efforts, vaccinate children, and build a public health arthri  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, July 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld to announce the designation of Randolph County in West Virginia as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). For years, Senator Manchin has strongly a  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, Reps. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Don Beyer (VA-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) submitted an amicus brief in support of the Southern Environmental Law Center and The Wilderness Society's lawsuit to prevent the automatic approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Services, et a  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissi  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10:30 a.m. on July 13, 2023: Nominees * The Honorable Richard Mills, Jr., of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Nigeria * The Honorable Nisha Desai Biswal, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Unit  more