WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: On Monday, Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) applauded the Roanoke County School Board's decision to reject the Biden Administration's attempt to intervene as "mediator" in its deliberations on important issues involving parents and their children. Last week, Congressmen Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith (VA-09) sent a letter to Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson urging the Board t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement condemning the Department of Labor's (DOL) new overtime rule: "Biden's DOL has proposed an overtime rule that is misguided and partisan. This rule will stifle workplace flexibility, lump burdensome costs on job creat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) program for the Nettie Leivasy Public Service District. This funding, which was secured t  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) selection of the first ten prescription drugs for Medicare price negotiations, as directed by the Inflation Reduction Act. This new authority will reduce drugs prices for West Virginians and Americans through the first-ever direct negotiations between Medicare and pharmaceutical manufacturers o  more