WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today asked the U.S. House of Representatives' Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to withhold her salary in the event of a government shutdown, which could begin as early as 12:00am ET on Sunday, October 1. In a letter sent to Chief Administrative Officer Szpindor, Spanberger emphasized how government shutdowns harm the Virginians she represen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023: With government funding lapsing on September 30th, the House of Representatives is working to pass government spending measures. Earlier this week, Congressman Mooney voted in favor of fully funding for 12 months the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of State. Also on July 27th, Congressman Mooney voted to fund the Department of Veterans A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led 47 of their colleagues, including Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), in introducing a resolution commemorating the 5th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder in an action directed by Saudi government officials. Kaine, Connolly, and Warner represented Khashoggi, a Northern Virginia resident, in Congress. "Five years ago, my constitue  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) voted in support of H.R. 5860, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act, to temporarily fund the government through November 17th.  "Despite Speaker McCarthy's inability to govern and extreme MAGA Republicans' desire to shut down the government to cut Social Security, slash public school funding, and criminalize abortion, House Democr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * What a Government Shutdown Means for Virginia With just days left before extreme House Republicans drive the government into a reckless shutdown, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) shared the many harmful ways in which everyday Virginians would be impacted. "While extreme Republicans in Congress are more concerned with playing partisan games, the hardworking families of Virgin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: "The most basic responsibility of Congress is to fund the government. Speaker McCarthy and the extreme MAGA Republicans unnecessarily took us to the brink of a government shutdown that would have hurt the economy, especially in Hampton Roads. This bill could have been passed weeks ago without all of the drama. While the continuing resolution passed today was imperfect, it will keep the federal governm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the West Virginia Office of Energy will receive an $8,157,217 grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants that are supported by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure La  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the U.S. Department of the Interior's release of the new five-year oil and gas offshore leasing plan. "It's now clear without a shadow of a doubt that without the IRA, this Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Committee, Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Angus King (I-ME) introduced S.2991, America's Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration (ARCs) Act of 2023, a bipartisan piece of legislation that aims to restore eco  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- 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 Republican members of the EPW Committee in writing to White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory, urging the administration to remove confusing, burdensome proposed permitting rules  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today released the following statement after voting for the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act. "Congress has a responsibility to keep our government open and operating in order to provide essential services to our constituents, while at the same time ensuring the government functions responsibly and effectively. We also ha  more