WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), co-founder of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus and longtime critic of the Sisi regime's human rights violations, today issued the following statement on Senator Robert J. Menendez: "A jury will decide whether Senator Menendez committed federal crimes that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, but the preponderance of evidence presented in the indictment makes it impossible for him to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Reps. Alex X. Mooney and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced H.R. 5648, the Community Assistance for Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, to allow drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities to be eligible for Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage insurance. This legislation will provide financing for drug and alcohol treatment facilities to help substance abuse victims recover without costing taxpa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) today awarded $700,000 to the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors for the Hurley Waterline Extension Project. The final installment of the 12-phase project, this funding will be used to improve water access to 97 households. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "I am pleased that these funds from the Appalach  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Scott applauded the Biden administration after the Department of Agriculture announced a final rule to strengthen the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) and expand children's access to free school meals. CEP allows the nation's highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Mining Schools Act of 2023 was recently passed out of the ENR Committee by a voice vote. Introduced in March, the bipartisan legislation will increase and improve opportunities for university and college mining and geological programs, li  more