WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), John Thune (R-South Dakota), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) today introduced a resolution recognizing deterrence is most credible when the President keeps all options on   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2023: Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) helped introduce two pieces of legislation that would designate both the Taliban and Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), and direct the U.S. Secretary of State to designate the illegitimate Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as a state sponsor of terrorism. Additionally, Senator Capito joined a group of her colleag  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: During National Diabetes Month, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs for individuals at risk for diabetes, while saving long-term care costs for Medicare. The Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act would extend Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy service  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11826) on the Navy next-generation attack submarine (SSN[X]) program on Nov. 13, 2023, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Navy Next-Generation Attack Submarine (SSN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Navy wants to begin procuring a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), called the Next-Generation Attack Subm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) joined every Republican member of the Minnesota delegation on a letter to the Minnesota Department of Education regarding its involvement in and oversight of what is being called the "largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation." The letter, led by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05), was co-signed by Oversight and Accoun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) joined House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "G.T." Thompson, and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, along with the Republican members of the Minnesota delegation in sending a letter to Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), requesting  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Nov. 13, 2023: * * * Tonight, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement outlining her continued support for an impeachment inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while adhering to the principle of regular order that House Republicans committed to upholding throughout their majority: "In January, I offered my full-throated support of launching an impeachm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy has granted $4,296,915 to the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Energy for site feasibility and commercial viability of a carbon dioxide storage hub in Wise County, Virginia. This storage hub is intended to store more than four million metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted annually from surrounding  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- 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), joined by six House Republicans, sent a letter to Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett questioning the Minnesota Department of Education's role in what has been described as the "largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation." The letter comes after the U.S. A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined a letter to President Biden calling on the Biden Administration to designate the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and/or authorize Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Palestinians living and working in the United States. TPS and DED offer temporary protections to eli  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,086,166 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Village of Beech Bottom Flood Control Project. The funding will construct upgrades to the current storm sewer system to mitigate future flooding damage. "I'm pleased FEMA is investing more than $1 mill  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) and Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-07), introduced H.R. 6384, the Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science, Engineering, and Technology Act," or the "Expand QISET Act," a bipartisan bill to increase research capacity, education, infrastructure capacity, and broaden participation in quantum information science, engineering, and te  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced the Military OneSource Transparency Act to strengthen the Military OneSource Program and ensure our servicemembers and their families can access the resources they need. This bill would direct the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to study the efficacy, utility, and accessibility of the OneSource Program. The Military OneSou  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) toured Wirt County High School and hosted a question-and-answer session with students at a full school assembly on her priorities and time in Congress. Following the assembly, Congresswoman Miller met with the Wirt County Courthouse to discuss new policy priorities in the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Miller concluded her visit by touring the new  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after voting with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House to keep the federal government open and to protect Virginia's economy. "A government shutdown would devastate so many of the Virginians I represent -- like the federal workers who would be furloughed or work without pay, the government contractor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following opening statement at today's Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses. "It has been over a month since Hamas' terrorist attack on innocent civilians in Israel and the start of a br  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: My first and most important job is serving you. Here are some ways I can help. Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, released the following statement ahead of Wednesday's meeting between President Biden and Xi Jinping: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over agai  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and chairman of the Tactical Air Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee, and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), ranking member of the subcommittee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, urging the Army to support Guam's cruise missile defense against the Chinese Communist Party's increa  more