WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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, and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners James Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - This week, the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) passed the U.S. Senate. Specifically, the bill would create a feedback loop between states and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration of Children   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: The House of Representatives Thursday evening passed H.R 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. The bill gives $14.3 billion to Israel as it responds to the barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists. Funding for Israel will be offset by recissions from the Inflation Acceleration Act, cutting $14 billion from President Biden's army of IRS agents set to harass hardworking Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in support of the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) expansion of infertility coverage benefits for Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program enrollees. "As a longtime proponent of better, more equitable coverage for in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement: "I have constituents who have been deeply affected by the war in Gaza. Friends and families are grieving the loss of loved ones, including Israelis killed during Hamas' onslaught on October 7th as well as Palest  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H. Res. 798, Congressman Burgess Owens' (R-UT) resolution condemning the support of Hamas and other terrorist organizations on college campuses. "Congressman Owens' resolution sends a clear message: antisemitism has no place in America, especially not on college campuses. Colleges and universities have become a breeding g  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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) sent a letter to Education Secretary Cardona admonishing the Department for buried changes to unassuming guidance related to prayer in public elementary and secondary schools, which is constitutionally protected. The administration's changes jeopardize the religious free  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) are demanding responsive materials and transcribed interviews after Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Su failed to provide information about the Employee Benefit Security Administr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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 take a closer look at accountability at VA and how to better protect whistleblowers: Good  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) voted against H.R. 4821, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, to stand up for climate action, environmental justice, and vulnerable communities across the nation. "Under the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration, congressional Democrats passed the largest federal investment in c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after she voted against H.R. 4821, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: "For weeks, House Republicans sowed dysfunction and chaos as they exacted petty, partisan revenge on one another and stifled our body's ability to legislate. House Democrats, on the other hand, stood ready and willing  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller's (R-WV) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito's (R-WV) Protect our Power Plants (POPP) Act, passed the House of Representatives in the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The Protect our Power Plants Act will prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing their proposal that would close coal- and gas-fired power p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after voting against the U.S House GOP majority's supplemental funding bill. "There is a war in the Middle East. Our ally Israel suffered a horrific terrorist attack and needs security assistance, and Palestinian children and civilian families in Gaza are in dire need of humanitarian aid. "This moment re  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined U.S. Representative Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and 100 of their U.S. House colleagues in urging the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to hold a hearing on reforms to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), like their bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82). The Spanberger-led Social S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024:  "I am committed to standing with Israel in their war against Hamas and funding humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. However, I could not support this supplemental funding bill, as it did not include any of the funding President Biden requested to resp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) launched a bipartisan working group to examine and propose potential legislative solutions in the HELP Committee jurisdiction to strengthen cybersecurity in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- 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 Coal Communities Regional Innovation Cluster (CCRIC) in Logan County, West Virginia, which Chairman Manchin supported through a Congressionally Directed Spending request included in the FY2022 Appropriations Bill, recently signed  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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 ADL Ventures would be awarded a $500,000 prize through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) American-Made Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) to develop The Deployment Engine based in Charleston, West Virginia. Partnering   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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 hearing to examine opportunities and challenges in deploying carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and direct air capture (DAC) technologies on federal and non-federal lands. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV), highlighted federal government investment in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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, criticized the Biden Administration for postponing offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 261 past November 8, 2023, during his opening remarks in an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. "I also want to express my frustration that just this m  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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, and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), together with Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), released the following statement: "The tragic wa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), together with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), released the following statement: "The tragic war in Gaza, initiated by Hamas terrorist attacks on inno  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,483,817 in federal funding for the Commonwealth to provide distance learning services for rural areas. The funding was awarded through U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants, which provide rural communities with advanced telecommunications technology. In all, these grants will provide 197,010 Vir  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to designate the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, known as Dodona Manor, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service (NPS). This official designation would be the final step in the years-long effort spearheaded by the lawmakers to advocate for the eva  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today applauded the passage of key provisions from H.R. 615, known as the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023, into the FY24 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The included provisions ensure that none of the allocated appropriations can be utilized to prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal   more