WASHINGTON, July 25 -- 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 funding from the U.S. Departments of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Agriculture (USDA), and Labor (DOL), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11010) on Mountain Valley Pipeline litigation tests Congress's power to limit federal court jurisdiction on July 21, 2023, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * Mountain Valley Pipeline Litigation Tests Congress's Power to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction The Mountain Valley Pipeline (Pipeline), currently under construction, is planned as a 303-mile natural gas transmissio  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following and letter on July 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chair of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower, joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) in calling on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to help end Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) reckless hold on more than 260 military promotions. "Since February, Senator Tommy Tuberville [R-AL] has been single-handedly blockin  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 24, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $112,106 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. The funding is made possible through the USDA Farm to School Grant Program and will support connecting West Virginia schools with nutritiou  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and local leaders are making the case that Springfield remains the best location for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) new headquarters. Even with the General Services Administration's (GSA) recent announcement of adjusted selection criteria, the lawmakers and local leaders expressed confidence that Springfield contin  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and local leaders are making the case that Springfield remains the best location for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) new headquarters. Even with the General Services Administration's (GSA) recent announcement of adjusted selection criteria, the lawmakers and local leaders expressed confidence that Springfield cont  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and a letter: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and local leaders are making the case that Springfield remains the best location for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) new headquarters. Even with the General Services Administration's (GSA) recent announcement of adjusted selection criteria, the lawmakers and local leaders expressed confidence that Springfield cont  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news and letters: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and local leaders are making the case that Springfield remains the best location for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) new headquarters. Even with the General Services Administration's (GSA) recent announcement of adjusted selection criteria, the lawmakers and local leaders expressed confidence that Springfield  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on July 24, 2023: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today urged the Biden administration to build on its recently announced voluntary commitments from several prominent artificial intelligence (AI) leaders in order to promote greater security, safety, and trust in the rapidly developing AI field. As AI is rolled out more broadly, researchers   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 24, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) led the introduction of the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act, legislation to require publicly traded companies to review and disclose all information about any links that their products may have to Uyghur forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is estimated that over 100,000  more