WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district containing the largest number of civilian federal employees of any member of the U.S. House, today applauded a new proposed rule from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that would protect the federal workforce from political retaliation of the kind intended by the Trump Administration's "Schedule F" order. "I welcome the proposed rule f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 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 funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Boone Memorial Hospital, Inc. This funding, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spendi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will host four Academy Days this fall for West Virginia students interested in learning more about opportunities at the U.S. service academies and available Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships. "One of my most important responsibilities as a U.S. Senator is nominating young West Virginians for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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), along with Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), today recognized September 15th as National Concussion Awareness Day. "Concussions adversely affect far too many individuals i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine applauded the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for taking a first step to better protect the merit-based federal workforce system and safeguard federal employees from losing due process rights: "From protecting national security to inspecting food to ensure it's free of disease, federal workers do critical work to serve the American people. Every American   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Ranking Member Federica Wilson (FL-24), Representative Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04), and Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05) r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,939,156 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), for Connec Train Corp., Coalfield Development Corp., Blue Ridge Community and Technical College and West Virginia University. The funding is made possible through the DOL Workf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) sent a letter to the Department of Justice signed by 29 of his colleagues demanding an investigation into individuals using artificial intelligence (AI) to exploit children by generating child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). Several media reports dating back to 2019 have highlighted the alarming ease with which certain AI applications can create explicit materials  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Interagency Working Group (IWG) proposals in the recently developed mining report that includes an 8% royalty rate, a failure to address permitting reform timelines, and the dirt tax. The proposed mining reforms undermine American energy independence, disrupt domestic   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced a federal grant of $200,000 to recruit and cover the cost for Virginians to join the trucking workforce. This funding was made possible through the bipartisan infrastructure law, which Spanberger helped negotiate and voted to pass in 2021. Specifically, this award from the U.S. Department of Transportation will allow Commercia  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation recognizing African Diaspora Heritage Month, traditionally celebrated by the diaspora community in September. Virginia and Florida are home to two of the largest African diaspora communities in the country - and appro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate the confirmation of Michael C. Casey to serve as Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. "Mike's understated style, compassion, intelligence, and deep knowledge of security and intelligence issues has been essential to the Committee's smooth and bipartis  more