WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), former Chair of the House Science Committee's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and longtime proponent of clarifying agency roles in space situational awareness and orbital debris, today led opposition on the House floor to the Satellite Telecommunications Streamlining Act. This legislation, previously advanced by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, would gra  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) in introducing the IDB Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill to require the Treasury Department to force transparency on China's malign influence at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and require U.S. v  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on July 25, 2023: Today, the House passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the co-Chair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) that seeks to counter Beijing's attempts to exclude Taiwan from participating in international organizations. "For too long, the People's Republic of China has distorted   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,218,419 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two research projects at West Virginia University (WVU). The funding will support establishing a biological research mentoring network for individuals from research-disadvantaged backgrounds and informing process safety management strat  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on July 25, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Dr. Homer Wilkes, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore follow  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Tom Carper (D-DE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reintroduced the Improving Medicaid Programs' Response to Overdose Victims and Enhancing (IMPROVE) Addiction Care Act to provide greater assistance to individuals who have struggled with substance use disorder. U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports (PASS) Act of 2023 to protect student-athletes, maintain fair competition and compensation, strengthen transparency, and preserve the time-honored tradition of college sports. Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court decided National Collegiate Athletics Association   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on July 25, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) led eleven of her House colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the EPA to comprehensively address the formation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) created by the fluorination of plastics. The bipartisan group of lawmakers also called for increased transpar  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 25, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded a grant of $5,000,000 to the Mount Rogers Community Services Board in order to increase capacity to provide mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse disorder treatment programs at the Mount Rogers Community Services (MRCS) Smyth County campus in Marion, Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 25, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded a grant of $5,118,100 to help the Virginia Consortium to Advance Health Care in Appalachia make telemedicine and health care resources more accessible, by expanding regional networks that will share resources, training, and educational opportunities, for people in rural Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today shared stories received through her survey to get feedback on how Virginia seniors have been affected by the new cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs and encouraged more seniors to share their experiences. Signed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act -- which Spanberger voted to pass last year, the $35 per month cap on out-of-pocke  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN), today introduced the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act, bipartisan legislation that would make permanent a tax classification on depreciating assets for motorsports entertainment facilities. The legislation would allow venues to more effectively plan improvements and make safety updates, bringing additional jobs and positive econo  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) on Thursday participated in the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's hearing titled "The Biden Administration's PRC Strategy," where he posed tough questions to administration officials. The witnesses' answers revealed the Biden administration's failure to adequately invest in the U.S. military at a level that would effectively deter aggression from th  more