WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee released National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General (IG) David Berry's report detailing findings of gross mismanagement in the NLRB's administration of a mail ballot election. The report was given to the Committee after Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called on Berry to provide a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- 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 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the City of Weirton, W.Va., for their water treatment capacity project. This award was secured through a Congressionally Direc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: Today, Congressman Alex X. Mooney sent a letter to Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry calling on him to keep the House in Washington this week and through the weekend, if necessary, in order to elect a new Speaker and pass more government spending bills. The House has already passed four single-subject spending bills that account for over 70 percent of federal funding using hard-earned taxpa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act, bipartisan legislation to provide death benefits to the families of civil servants who are killed while on official duty. Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced companion legislation in the Senate. "For too long, families of civil servants who give their live  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement rebuking the Biden administration's latest attempt to saddle taxpayers with $9 billion in unpaid student debt: "The Department of Education acts as if hardworking taxpayers are both willing and able to foot a tab worth   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mike Braun (R-SD) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the Deposit Security Act, which would create a new, permanent version of the Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program to maintain confidence in the banking system, provide additional stability to regional and community banks as well as strengthen our economy. This bipartisan legislation   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito's questioning. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, participated in a full committee hearing on the nomination of Michael Whitaker to be the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator. During her questioning, Senator Capito   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded the announcement that all 10 drug manufacturers whose drugs were selected for price negotiation with Medicare have agreed to participate in the Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The Inflation Reduction Act, which the senators helped pass last year, allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement after voting for a motion to vacate the chair and remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives. "Kevin McCarthy won the Speakership by giving in to the extreme faction of his party, and he's held onto power up until now by bending over backwards to appease those few extremists at the expense  more