WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), today announced that several priorities for West Virginia were included in the bipartisan Labor-HHS funding bill. This Senate bill, passed with bipartisan support in the Appropriations Committee,  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated stays issued by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which now enables construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume. "All necessary permits have been issued and approved, we passed bip  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) tonight voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA), bipartisan legislation to support our troops, enhance energy independence, and strengthen national security. Several provisions Senator Capito supported were included in this legislation that will benefit West Virginia and our servicemen and   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11010) entitled "Mountain Valley Pipeline Litigation Tests Congress's Power to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction" on July 27, 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 tra  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on July 27, 2023: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA), along with Congressman Bryan Steil (R-WI) and Congressman Joe Morelle (D-NY), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, introduced a resolution recognizing the critical role of congressional and support staff working on Capitol Hill and in state or district offices. "Our staff   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led the introduction of the Shenandoah Mountain Act, legislation to establish a 92,562-acre Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area (SMNSA) in Rockingham, Augusta, and Highland counties. He was joined in introducing the legislation by Senator Mark R. Warner. National Scenic Areas are established by Congress to protect the scenic, historic, recreational and natura  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Long COVID Support Act, bipartisan legislation to support Americans living with Long COVID. The bill would accelerate research on Long COVID and provide information to patients and medical providers about Long COVID. "After hearing about Americans living with Long COVID not being believed, I decided to share my own sto  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine cosponsored the Kids Online Safety Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen online safety standards for minors and hold social media platforms accountable. The Kids Online Safety Act would provide young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency they need to protect against online harms. The bill would require social media platforms to put the well-being of children  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), applauded the Senate's passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As a member of SASC, Kaine worked to write this legislation. The legislation includes various provisions secured and supported by Kaine to benefit Virginia's servicemembers and defense community, such as refor  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on July 27, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after voting for H.R. 4366, which provides funding for the Department of Defense (DoD) and fully appropriates funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and related agencies for fiscal year 2024. Importantly, this legislation fully funds veterans' healthcare and benefits by appropriating $137.5 billion of funding to   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 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 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS); Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Defense; and Homeland Security funding bills. The Senate Appropriation  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, which included a number of West Virginia priorities Senator Manchin secured during markup. The Senate-passed NDAA will now be reconciled   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) reintroduced the bipartisan Life Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment (LifeBOAT) Act, which would establish a stewardship fee to provide and expand access to substance use treatment. Senators Manchin and Romney were joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Angus King (I-ME), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released statements following the Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona and his staff stonewalling multiple requests for a member-level briefing on the Biden admini  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), which provides funding for Defense Department military and family housing construction activities and remediation at closed military bases. This legislation also provides funding for   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2023 to repeal President Biden's public charge rule and codify the Trump-era rule ensuring that immigrants in the U.S. can support themselves and contribute to the economy, rather than compete with Americans for limited government resources. "Ensuring the immigrants who come here can provide for themselves is critical to their w  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Rural Jobs Act which will create a focused New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation of $1 billion over the years of 2023 and 2024 for impoverished rural communities in America. "With the largest city in West Virginia qualifying as a Rural Jobs Zone, I know how impactful the Rural Jobs Act will be on Americans in rural communities,  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement after Chief Justice Roberts vacated stays issued by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline will now resume without delay. "All three branches of government agree: the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is legal and mu  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, House Democratic Health Committee leaders introduced new legislation to further lower prescription drug prices for American families and rein in pharmaceutical price gouging. The bill was introduced by Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Ways and Means Commi  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, as temperatures around the world hit record highs, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, along with Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), and Alma Adams (NC-12), introduced legislation to ensure the safety and health of workers who are exposed to dangerous heat conditions in the workplace. Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and A  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 26, 2023: * * * Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration released a new rule to strengthen mental and physical health parity requirements. "Access to high-quality mental health care and substance use disorder treatment are essential to our overall health and well-being. Mental illnesses are closely linked to physical heal  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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 96-3 to agree to Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, S.Amdt.999, a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a nuclear fuel program with t  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the U.S Forest Service has selected a 63-foot Norway Spruce from the Greenbrier Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia to serve as the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. Every year, the Forest Service sel  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following an order by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing the construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue. "The Supreme Court has spoken and this decision to let construction of the Mountain   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production on federal lands. During the hearing's second panel, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the balance between oil and gas and renewable  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: 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.   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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 full committee hearing on electronic waste recycling and critical mineral recovery. HIGHLIGHTS: ON WAYS TO IMPROVE ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING FOR RURAL STATES: "I represent a rural state. We  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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, "Improving Capacity for Critical Mineral Recovery through Electronic Waste Recycling and Reuse." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you all for being he  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated stays issued by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which now enables construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume.  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released statements following the Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona and his staff   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes legislation led by Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues that reasserts America'  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and David Valadao (R-CA-22) and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to strengthen the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP provides financial assistance to farmers, producers, and rural small business owners to install renewable energy systems   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris VanHollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (both D-MD) in introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA). The bill proposes to unite a series of voluntarily contributed park areas and iconic Bay properties under the operation of the National Park Service (NPS) in or  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production on federal lands. During the hearing's first panel, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the need to address issues that are slowing or  more