WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, November 8, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.R. 5933, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act. "Bad foreign actors are undermining our nation's interests by exploiting research contracts and hiding financial partne  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) will hold his 15th annual Open Season Workshop on November 18, 2023 to assist federal employees, retirees, servicemembers, and veterans in navigating changes to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plans (FEHBP) and dental and vision insurance programs. The program will feature a panel of experts, including representatives from the various health care plans, to ans  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, the House of Representatives passed the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Battlefield Caucus. The legislation makes improvements to the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP), one of the most successful land preservation programs  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation that would support offshore wind workforce development that meets the growing needs of the offshore wind and mar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $826,620 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The funding will be used to strengthen maternal and child healthcare services in West Virginia. "We must ensure all West Virginia mothers, children and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced the bipartisan Coordination for Soil Carbon Research and Monitoring Act to empower the federal government to support interagency work around soil carbon sequestration research and monitoring. Soil carbon sequestration, also known as "carbon farming" or "regenerative agriculture," refers to land  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- 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), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following state  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in introducing the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act, legislation that would increase access to telehealth services for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Drug Enforcem  more