WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) unveiled a new and detailed accounting of the pervasive degradation of First Amendment rights on college campuses across the nation. This hostile takeover of postsecondary education by political activists, woke faculty, and partisan administrators has established a dan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- 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.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 22 other senators, including every Republican on the EPW Committee, in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind its proposed particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). "The EPA's proposal fails to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after reintroducing the Spending Safeguard Act, legislation that would clamp down on Washington's reckless and wasteful spending binges with commonsense budgetary reforms: "Washington has proven time and again that it is simply incapable of being a good steward of hardworking taxpayer dollars - history c  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. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, legislation to increase transparency and accountability about the costs of police misconduct. The bill would require federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to report judgments and settlements related to police misconduct, including court fees and insurance paym  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the HELP Committee's passage of his bipartisan Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0, legislation to continue funding the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First) through Fiscal Year 2033, with an in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine sounded the alarm about the costs of a government shutdown and called on Republicans in Congress to fund the government by the October 1 funding deadline: "During my time in the Senate, I've seen the unnecessary harm a government shutdown inflicts upon federal employees, government contractors, and millions of Americans who rely on government services. While I  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- 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 seven West Virginia organizations will receive $7,410,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and strengthen health services for West Virginians. These federal awards are seven of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider pending legislation. The Committee considered 21 public lands, recreation and energy bills that were all passed out of the Committee by a voice vote, including Chairman Joe Manchin's (D-WV) bipartisan Mining Schools Act of 2023. During his opening remarks, Chairman Manchin commented on   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the Subpoena Compliance Accountability Act, which would amend House Rules to require that appropriations bills considered by the House prohibit funds for the salary of any federal officer or employee who is convicted of contempt in violation of 2 U.S. Code Sec. 192 - Refusal of a witness to testify or produce papers. This year alone, House   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) and Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addressing Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations that stop firefighters from most effectively responding to emergencies. The letter underscores the need for first responders' vehicles to be granted the same national security exemptions from CAA standards that military vehicles receive. This exemp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) has introduced the No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act, to prohibit federal funding from going to colleges and universities that impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates on their students or staff. "Taxpayer dollars should not flow to entities that coerce people into taking a COVID-19 shot," said Rep. Good. "My legislation is an important effort in safeguarding personal freedoms a  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. 21 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on reforming the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to safeguard U.S. supply chains and combat China's influence on the global stage. Congresswoman Miller questioned Ed Gresser, the Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets at Progressive Policy Institute, on the GSP  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined her colleagues in launching the Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus. The focus of the Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus is to advocate for health care policies and highlight challenges that Americans are experiencing in rural communities across the United States. "Having access to affordable health care is the difference between life and death for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect against attacks on America's critical infrastructure. The National Risk Management Act would strengthen the defense of critical infrastructure sectors by establishing a National Risk Management Cycle. Specifically, the legislation would require the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider pending legislation. The Committee considered 21 public lands, recreation and energy bills that were all passed out of the Committee by a voice vote, including Chairman Joe Manchin's (D-WV) bipartisan Mining Schools Act of 2023. During his opening   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the White House Office of Management and Budget announced new rules and procedures today that directs federal agencies to consider flawed "social cost of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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, led 22 other senators, including every Republican on the EPW Committee, in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind its proposed particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality stand  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Sept. 28, 2023, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda We encourage the public to utilize the Committee's livestream of the hearing, available on the website at https://www.finance.senate.gov/. Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) Witnesses * Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and   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. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate passed U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) bipartisan resolution to designate November 12, 2023, as National Warrior Call Day, which encourages Americans across the country to reach out to those who have served or are currently serving to remind them they are not alone and connect them with mental health resources if needed. Our nation's Veterans continue to die fr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released a statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's private meeting with senators: "There has never been a more important time for the United States to stand with our allies in support of Ukraine, and President Zelenskyy's meeting with senators today bolstered the bipartisan momentum to continu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $4,352,000 in federal funding for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's Virginia Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund (VCWRLF). The VCWRLF offers low-interest loans to local governments in order to support efforts to address emerging contaminants that pollute Virginia's clean water supply. This federal funding will help manage the VCWRLF   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $4,352,000 in federal funding for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's Virginia Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund (VCWRLF). The VCWRLF offers low-interest loans to local governments in order to support efforts to address emerging contaminants that pollute Virginia's clean water supply. This federal funding w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $100,000,000 in federal funding to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to design and build the Franconia-Springfield Bypass, a critical bridge that will alleviate congestion on one of busiest railways in Virginia. Once completed, the project will allow Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express trains to seamlessly cross over two freight rail tracks, pr  more