WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 20, 2023: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes DCA, issued the following statement tonight after the defeat of an amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill which would have added new beyond-perimeter flights to DCA: "The defeat of this amendment is a win for our region, for my constituents, and for all passengers who value safe and efficient operations at  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act. He was joined by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). The bill creates a Workforce Pell Grant to expand Pell Grant eligibility to high-quality, short-term job training programs. The House companion, H.R. 496, was led by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Education and the Workforce Co  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, participated in the weekly Senate Republican Leadership press conference where she discussed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the underutilization of federal office space. Part of Senator C  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for heeding their call to provide more comprehensive coverage for amyloid PET scans, a critical tool in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease. If finalized, this week's announcement by CMS   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-01) and Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.-02) joined U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.-14) and five other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline's compl  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), along with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today reintroduced the Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, bipartisan legislation to encourage early assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Companion legislation was also introduced in the U.S. House of Repre  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), along with Senators Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would support states in preserving maternal health throughout pregnancy, chil  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release and letter on July 20, 2023: Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) joined Representatives Brad Finstad (MN-01), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) and House Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15), House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01), and House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) in sending a follow-up letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vil  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) was joined by House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "G.T." Thompson, and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, along with the Republican members of the Minnesota delegation in sending a follow-up letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, reiterating their Septem  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)--members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee--applauded the Senate's vote to formally add their bipartisan bill to explicitly prohibit any President of the United States from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval or an Act of Congress to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Senate is expected to pass the N  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Committee's passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act (PAHPARA)--which includes critical provisions inspired by Kaine legislation on data modernization and Long COVID--readying the legislation for a vote before th  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee cosponsored the My Body, My Data Act, legislation that would create a new national standard to protect reproductive and sexual health data by minimizing the information collected and retained and preventing that information from being disclosed or misused. Currently, few protections exist to prevent personal r  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,565,749 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Office of the Adjutant General of West Virginia. The funding will reimburse costs accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic through the activation of the West Virginia National Guard   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $13,913,818 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for improvements at four West Virginia airports. The funding is made possible by FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP). "I am pleased DOT is investing more than $13.9 million to improve serv  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 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 Midland Public Service District will receive $2,000,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a waterline extension project that will provide a clean, reliable water source to the currently unserved community   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $465,113 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration for the West Virginia Department of Economic Development. The funding will support the state's Registered Apprenticeship programs, which helps West Virginians prepare for and connect with good-paying jobs  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $982,033 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Saint Joseph, Monongah and Folsom Volunteer Fire Departments. The funding is made possible through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program and will provide critical reso  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the SASC Cybersecurity Subcommittee, questioned Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh on his nomination to lead the United States Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), a position which is dual-hatted as the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). Senator Manchin questioned Lieutenant G  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) questioned the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler on the SEC's climate disclosure rule that jeopardizes America's economic and energy security, as well as the SEC's rulemaking and the insufficient time it provides for public comment. The SEC is a federal agency that monitors markets, enforces laws regarding securiti  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) reintroduced the Relief for Survivors of Miners Act to ease the burden on surviving family members of miners who pass away due to Black Lung disease. Due to unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles, survivors of deceased miners often face difficulties  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured a number of West Virginia priorities in the Appropriations Committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water (E&W); Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD); and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) funding bills. This funding includes $77 million earmark  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBMs) Act which would improve options and access to prescription drugs for seniors bringing pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs in alignment with Medicare plans, therefore, allowing seniors to shop at their local pharmacy. The bill would modernize Medic  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Good (VA-05) introduced the Trucking Workforce Improvement Act to repeal a burdensome federal regulation on training for a commercial driver's license (CDL). This unnecessary regulation mandates that truckers complete a Federal Government approved Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) in order to acquire a CDL license. "The ongoing trucker shortage impedes our local farmers and manufacturers from doi  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today is highlighting results of a new survey showing that the vast majority of Americans across the political spectrum support proposals -- like her own -- to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks in individual companies. According to a survey conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) at the University of Maryland's School of  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, 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 on the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, and current and future projects critical to states like West Virginia. HIGHLIGHTS: LOOKING AHEAD TO WRDA 2024: "I want to reemphasize, not just to those in  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: In an effort to prevent money laundering and stop crypto-facilitated crime and sanctions violations, a leading group of U.S. Senators is introducing new, bipartisan legislation requiring decentralized finance (DeFi) services to meet the same anti-money laundering (AML) and economic sanctions compliance obligations as other financial companies, including centralized crypto trading platforms,   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, the U.S. Senate voted 85-14 to agree to Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, S.Amdt.926, a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that would prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, Russia, Iran and North Korea and to their state-  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate voted 85-14 to agree to Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, S.Amdt.926, a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that would prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, Russia, I  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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 on the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, and current and future projects critical to states like West Virginia. HIGHLIGHTS: LOOKING AHEAD TO WRDA 2024:  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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 titled, "The Water Resources Development Act of 2024: Non-Federal Stakeholder Views." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Chairman Carper, and welcome to our witnesses. "As the chairma  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan bill to make sure children can be seated next to their parents on flights for no extra fees. Spanberger's Fly Together Act would direct the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring airlines to seat young children with their family member  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), announced $1,006,097 in federal funding to support individuals studying to become nurses at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Old Dominion University (ODU). The funding is awarded by the Health Resources & Services Administration's (HRSA) Advanced Nursing   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $44,606,006 in federal funding for Virginia airports.Funds were made available through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) FY 2023 Airport Improvement Program (AIP), which funds airport infrastructure projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting, and airport markings. "Local airports are crucial   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) reintroduced legislation to support family members of miners who have passed away due to black lung disease. Currently bureaucratic requirements place unnecessarily strict burdens of proof on survivors in order to access the benefits to which they a  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: This week, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined 49 of their colleagues in reintroducing the Freedom to Vote Act, legislation to improve access to the ballot for Americans, advance commonsense federal election standards and campaign finance reforms, and protect American democracy. Kaine played an instrumental role in negotiating the legislation, which includes various provisions th  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: This week, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined 49 of their colleagues in reintroducing the Freedom to Vote Act, legislation to improve access to the ballot for Americans, advance commonsense federal election standards and campaign finance reforms, and protect American democracy. The legislation includes various provisions that have already been enacted in Virginia, including autom  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $44,606,006 in federal funding for Virginia airports. Funds were made available through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) FY 2023 Airport Improvement Program (AIP), which funds airport infrastructure projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting, and airport markings. "Local airports are crucial   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) reintroduced legislation to support family members of miners who have passed away due to black lung disease. Currently bureaucratic requirements place unnecessarily strict burdens of proof on survivors in order to access the benefits to which they are  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today addressed the 2023 JADC2: All Domain Warfare Symposium hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) to emphasize the urgent need for modernization and organizational reform through Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). CJADC2 is a concept that connects data-centric informatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (MD-03), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Jen Kiggans (VA-02) to reintroduce the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act, a bipartisan bill to restore the health of the Bay Watershed, strengthen fisheries management and expand environmental education programs for resident  more