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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Saturday October 14, 2023 ( 8 items )  

House Education Committee Chair Foxx Stands Up to Left Big Labor Bias, Union Salting, Regulatory Overreach
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined host Peter List on Labor Relations Radio. In the discussion, Chairwoman Foxx highlighted the Committee's work to strengthen the workforce and push back against Big Labor and the Biden administration's job-killing regulations. Excerpts from   more

House Foreign Affairs Committee Sets Oct. 18 Roundtable on Case for Transferring Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following information for a roundtable entitled "Making Putin Pay: The Case for Transferring Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine" at 10 a.m. on Oct. 18, 2023, at 210 House Visitors Center: Panelists: * Philip Zelikow, Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia * Rebecca Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Ini  more

Manchin Announces West Virginia Selected as New Home for Appalachian Regional Hydrogen Hub
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) for up to $925 million in federal support under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will bring a hydrogen hub to West Virginia. Chairman Manchin's Bipar  more

Manchin Joins 8th Annual Ride for Fallen Services Heroes
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) served as the Special Guest Road Captain for the 8th Annual Ride for Fallen Service Heroes. This year's ride began at the Gold Star Monument at the West Virginia State Capitol and traveled through the New River Gorge to end in Summersville. The ride honored Fallen Service Heroes and showed support for Gold Star Families. "I was hono  more

Sen. Capito Congratulates ARCH2 Selection as Regional Hydrogen Hub Winner
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, congratulated the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) team for being selected as an awardee of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) regional clean hydrogen hub competition. "Today is a major win for the ARCH2 team and for future economic development and energy productio  more

Senate Energy Committee Chair Manchin Announces West Virginia Selected as New Home of Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 14 -- 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 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) for up to $925 million in federal support under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will bring a hydrogen hub to   more

Sens. Cruz, Manchin Lead Senators in Urging NOAA to Withdraw Proposal Threatening Domestic Energy Production
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) led a group of senators in urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to withdraw a proposed rule designating more than 28,270 square miles  more

Warner Urges Action Against Google and Meta Over Failure to Remove Content Depicting Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), wrote to Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lina Khan urging the Commission to take action against Google and Meta over their failure to remove graphic videos depicting the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward from YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. In August 2015, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, employees at CBS affiliate WDBJ, were murder  more