CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: 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 and Human Services (HHS), Interior (DOI), and Agriculture (USDA), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and AmeriCorps, to support economic development, volunteerism, health and energy research, and cle  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA),wrote to Governor Glenn Youngkin urging him to end Virginia's participation in Texas Governor Abbott's failed and inhumane Operation Lone Star. On May 31st, Youngkin signed Executive Director Four, deploying 100 Virginia National Guard soldiers and 21 supporting personnel to Texas for 30 days. "We urge   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: This past July, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $56,536,426 in federal funding for the state of West Virginia. The awards will support a wide variety of West Virginia priorities, including substance use disorder treatment services, airport improvements, innovative research projects and more. "As a member of the Sena  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It: Following the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Board opinion article on July 18 attacking Ohio and West Virginia Steelworkers at the steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs, titled, "Tin-Foil Logic for Tin-Mill Tariffs," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) slammed the Editorial Board for their misguided views supporting foreign competitors that dump tin and chromium coated sheet steel products i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, along with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), led a bicameral group of colleagues--including U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner and Representatives Jennifer McClellan and Jennifer Wexton (all  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led his colleagues, including Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), in urging the Federal Housing and Finance Agency (FHFA) to extend source of income (SOI) protections at multifamily properties with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In many states, landlords ca  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) in introducing the ERA Now resolution, a joint resolution that would direct the Archivist of the United States to affirm the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)--which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex--as the 28th Amendment of the United States Constitution. In 2020, Virginia became the 38th and final st  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,300,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support increased substance use disorder and mental health services at Marshall University and the West Virginia State Department of Health and Human Resources. This funding aims to bolster treatment for t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023, and a letter: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Ron Estes (R-KS) and eleven of their Ways and Means Committee colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to express their concern and address the Biden Administration's global tax minimum negotiations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). "To be abund  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023, and a letter: Yesterday, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Carol Miller (R-West Virginia), along with Ways and Means colleagues, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns and seeking answers about the economic impact of the global tax scheme the Biden administration is negotiating with the OECD. After repeated attempts to solicit information from Sec. Yellen, Estes and a dozen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023, and a letter: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) toured Kidz with Goals Unlimited in Hopewell, a child care and early education center offering child care for toddlers ages 17 months-3 years, preschool for children ages 3-5, and before and after school care for children ages 5-11. Following the tour, the lawmakers convened a roundtable discussio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA) in introducing the Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act. This legislation would equally dedicate assets confiscated from drug traffickers or other transnational criminal organizations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to two   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 38 other Republican senators, including Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) led a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to highlight their concerns with proposals to roll back crucial reforms to the Endangered Species  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 37 congressional colleagues in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Michael Regan, requesting the withdrawal of the Clean Power Plan 2.0 proposed rule. The EPA has overstepped its authority granted by Congress under the Clean Air Act, disregarding Cong  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD) urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to more effectively promote educational assistance programs that would help alleviate the burden of student loan payments. Specifically, the senators are focused on efforts to make employers and employees aware of their Employer Participation in Repayment Act, which allows employer  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today joined colleagues on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to introduce the Dump Investments in Troublesome Communist Holdings Act (DITCH Act). This bill would force non-profits, university endowments, public pension plans, and any other tax-exempt entity to divest from Chinese companies or lose their tax-exempt status. "Th  more