CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) award from the Small Business Association (SBA) to the Ohio Valley Industrial & Business Development Corp. to support safety and security measures at Wesbanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. This award was secured throug  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released findings of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that both members previously requested titled, "Nuclear Power: NRC Needs to Take Addi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- 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 Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released findings of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that both members previously requested t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealing Job Corps' glaring shortfalls in upholding safety and security protocols at its facilities, failing to prevent drugs from getting on campus and i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) rollback of a Trump-era rule ensuring American workers have the opportunity to become informed about the consequences of union representation before voting in an election:  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,384,746 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to strengthen fire safety across West Virginia. The funding will provide critical resources to seven emergency services organizations as well as support two cities in thei  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,597,108 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three research projects at West Virginia University (WVU). The funding will support critical physics research into two-photon imaging and new quantum materials, as well as establish an innovative helium recovery system.   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) Final Notice of Sale (FNOL) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 that reduces the size of the sale by approximately 6 million productive acres on t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a six-week abortion ban: "The South Carolina Supreme Court's decision is an egregious infringement on reproductive freedom and a blatant departure from the legal precedent set forth by the same court earlier this year. This decision, handed down by a bench of all-  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) Final Notice of Sale (FNOL) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 that reduces the size   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,000,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP), also known as GENEDGE Alliance, in Martinsville. This funding will help GENEDGE support small and medium-sized medical device manufacturers across Virgi  more