CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 28, 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, today announced six Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) awards from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for education programs in West Virginia. These CDS awards, which were secured   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 28, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced that Joel Brubaker, her long-time chief of staff of 18 years, will be leaving for a new opportunity outside the government. With Brubaker's departure, J.T. Jezierski, who currently serves as the senator's Legislative Director, will assume the role of chief of staff. "I am incredibly grateful to Joel  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) blasted Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and his staff for stonewalling multiple requests for a member-level briefing on the Biden administration's plans to ret  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today introduced H.R. 4957, the Department of Labor Succession Act. The bill clarifies federal law to ensure that the tenure of an Acting Secretary of Labor aligns with the Federal Vacan  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 28, 2023: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement on Mountain Valley Pipeline resuming construction. "I fought to ensure that language to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline was included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act in June. "Congress passed that law, the President signed it, and now the Suprem  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on July 28, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a Section 404 permit to Nucor Steel to facilitate construction of its state-of-the-art steel mill facility being developed in Mason County, West Virginia. The mill is   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- 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 Tokamak Energy Inc., with operations in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science to receive funding to participate in a public-private partnership with the Oak Ridge N  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on July 28, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement on Mountain Valley Pipeline resuming construction. "I fought to ensure that language to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline was included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act in June. "Congress pas  more