WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district containing one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the U.S. House, today shared excerpts of letters constituents sent him during the 2018-19 shutdown. Their stories, shared with personal identifiable information removed, show the hardship and uncertainty experienced by federal employees who were furloughed or worked without p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- 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.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from a variety of federal departments and agencies to support health services, public safety, economic development, historic preservation, transportation, workforce development, academic research, and environmental protection programs across West Virginia.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) introduced bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and American icon Billie Jean King. The legislation is endorsed by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The medal would be awarded in recognition of Billie Jean King's  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Department of Education's (ED) work to return student loan borrowers to repayment. With s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-California, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: On Wednesday, September 27, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration." "A thriving American workforce can coexist with robust  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's hearing titled: "At What Cost: Oversight of how the IRA's Price Setting Scheme Means Fewer Cures for Patients." PROGRESSIVE ATTACK ON DRUG INNOVATION "To  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release: Rep. Jen Kiggans, (R-Va.), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, delivered the following remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Subcommittee's Oversight Hearing to shed light on VA's compliance with Buy American legislation: Good afternoon. Thank you  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three West Virginia organizations will receive $10,434,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for five projects to expand and strengthen health services for all West Virginians. These federal awards are five of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) congratulated Jayenne Elementary School in Fairmont, Ritchie Elementary School in Wheeling and Sherman Elementary School in Comfort for being recognized as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Since its creation in 1982, the Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has recognized the hard work of students, educators, families a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced a resolution urging all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to apply a minimum of 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) towards defense spending. "To effectively confront the vast range of security risks we face--including those from Russia and China, as well as global cyberattacks--our   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) and Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) introduced H.R. 5581, the bipartisan Child Care Assistance for Maternal Health Act to increase short-term child care access for mothers and their families during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. The maternal mortality rate in the United States is nearly three times higher than other high-inco  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) issued the following statement after the House failed to advance H.R. 4365, which would fund the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 2024. The bill was blocked from further debate and consideration by a vote of 212-214. "Today's actions by five members of my own party - in coordination with every Democrat - are unacceptable and offensive. Every law  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) questioned Dr. Seth Bleier, Vice President of Finance, Wake Emergency Physicians Professional Association during a Ways and Means Committee hearing on the flawed implementation of the No Surprises Act (NSA) by the Biden Administration. The bipartisan No Surprises Act has was into law by President Donald Trump in 2020 and aims to protect patients fr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Department of Education's (ED)   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) bipartisan resolution to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children past infanc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bob Casey (D-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Josh Hawley's (R-MO) bipartisan resolution to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children past infancy; in 2023, an estimated 9  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Wittman (VA-01) today applauded the unanimous passage of his bill, H.R. 4051 - the Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue (SHARKED) Act, out of the House Committee on Natural Resources. "Our anglers and commercial fishermen make great contributions to our economy and our marine environment, and we must do what we can to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), today participated in the committee's hearing on defense cooperation with Taiwan. He stressed the need to clear the significant backlog in foreign military sales to Taiwan - using every tool at the State Department's and Defense Department's disposal - to support Taiwan and counter the Chine  more