CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023, and a letter: Ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius starting next week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined a bipartisan group of 34 senators in writing a letter to President Biden urging the President to ensure NATO countries meet their defense spending commitments. Since 2006, NATO membe  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statements on the Biden Administration's decision to provide additional weapons and capabilities to Ukraine, including cluster munitions, to support their fight against Putin's invasion. In April, Senators Manchin, Kelly and Murkowski traveled  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) applauded the Biden administration for announcing multiple actions to lower health care costs, including limiting short-term plans, promoting transparency in health care, and strengthening the No Surprises Act. "Today, the Biden administration announced its plans to reverse the previous administration's rule to expand short-term, limit  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 7, 2023: * * * Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 209,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate ticked down from 3.7 percent to 3.6 percent. This is significantly higher than the Trump administration's pre-pandemic average of 182,000 jobs created each month. Since taking office, Preside  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), co-chair of the Rural Broadband Caucus, applauded Governor Glenn Youngkin's announcement of over $59.5 million in grants through the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) to extend broadband service to underserved areas in the Commonwealth. In the 117th Congress, Congressman Wittman wrote letters of support to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Dev  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) last week signed on as a cosponsor of the National AI Commission Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a national commission to focus on regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI). If enacted, the commission would review the United States' current approach to AI regulation and make any necessary government restructuring recommendations. The group will be  more