WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * Today, members of Maryland's federal, state, and local governments including Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04)  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after voting against H.Res.894: "Republicans today shamefully attempted to exploit the pain of the Jewish community to score cheap political points. I have always emphatically and strongly supported the State of Israel and its right to exist, and I will continue to do so. I have condemned antisemitism repeatedly, as should every dec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the retirement of Congressman Patrick McHenry. "Throughout his entire career in the People's House, Congressman McHenry has not only been a reliable and visible leader, but he has also been a steadfast friend to many - me included. From his service as the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee to hi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The Education and the Workforce Committee will hold Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology presidents accountable for antisemitism on their campuses. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the hearing titled "Holding Campus Leader Accountable a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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) spoke on the House Floor in support of Rep. Michelle Steel's DETERRENT Act to protect American education from malicious foreign interference and increase accountability and transparency surrounding foreign donations to American universities: "I rise today in support of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Nov. 30, 2023, entitled "Safeguarding Workers' Rights and Liberties": * * * The right to work in this country--free from coercion by the government--is a right enshrined in our founding documents. While state right-to-work legislation is a product of the 20th century, its fundamental ten  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: On Wednesday, December 13, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled "Protecting Workers and Small Businesses from Biden's Attack on Worker Free Choice and Economic Growth." "The Biden administra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 5933, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, bipartisan legislation that brings much-needed transparency, accountability, and clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities across the nation. This is the first in a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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 examine VA's background check process for new employees of the Department: Good morning.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to criticize the U.S. Department of the Treasury's proposed rules that would make it easier for Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 30D Clean Vehicle Tax Credit while hurting American taxpayers and increasi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Chair of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower overseeing the Navy and Marine Corps, released the following statement regarding the lifting of many of Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) reckless holds on military promotions, which follows intense pressure by Kaine: "I've been pushing Sen. Tuberville to lift this reckless hol  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act, bipartisan legislation to address crimes committed by organized criminal and drug trafficking groups who are devastating communities in and around the Brazilian Amazon, upending rule of law, and accelerating environmental degradation and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), Rand Paul (R-KY), and a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter urging the Biden Administration to act quickly to protect the millions of U.S. jobs that rely on American whiskey and spirits producers by negotiating with the European Union (EU) to remove retaliatory tariffs th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC -- Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that Boston Metal will receive a $50 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants Program to support the construction of a new facility in Weirton, West Virginia, to manufacture ultrapure chromium metal and hig  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Deb Fischer (R-NE), John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ted Budd (R-NC) and James Risch (R-ID) sent a letter to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric to express their concerns over the Commission's proposed rule on debris penetration in off-highway vehicles. CPSC issued this proposed rule without suffi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 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 Armed Service Committee, released the following statement on his vote for the motion to proceed on the national security supplemental funding bill. "Commonsense should dictate that we need to secure our own border in addition to helping Ukraine and Israel secure theirs. In the greatest country on Earth, we do not have to choos  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined his bipartisan colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to protect the millions of U.S. jobs that rely on American whiskey and spirits producers. Without immediate action, the European Union (EU) will implement a 50% tariff on American whiskey imports on January 1, 2024, and American wine and other distilled spirits imports could see lar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the House considered and passed H.R. 1734, the TRANQ Research Act, as amended by the Senate. This bill was introduced by Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Collins (R-GA) and Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo (D-CO). Earlier this year, Rep. McClellan was an original cosponsor of H.R. 1734 when it passed unanimously in the House Committee on Science, Space and Te  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's opening remarks from the committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "IIJA Investments in Habitat and Ecosystem Restoration, Pollinators, and Wildlife Crossings." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as deliver  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development today awarded Craig County $25,000 that will be combined with $30,050 from the county to purchase an updated law enforcement vehicle. The current vehicle is over 15 years old. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement. "Rural communities often face difficulties in upgrading their equipment used for pub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development today awarded the William King Museum of Art, located in Abingdon, Virginia, $25,000 to purchase a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for better humidity and temperature control in the museum. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement. "The William King Museum of Art is home to mu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Congresswoman Kiggans (VA-02) announced that she has called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin to provide transparency regarding the Department of Defense's (DoD) mental health policies for servicemembers. Specifically, Congresswoman Kiggans pressed the Secretary about the implementation of the Brandon Act, which was passed as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Actin the wake of the tragic suicide o  more

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: On Wednesday, December 13, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger will host an open, public telephone town hall focused on a range of issues facing Virginia's families, seniors, and economy. The virtual event will also be livestreamed via video on Spanberger's congressional website and Facebook page. Spanberger will take questions directly from Virginians across Virginia's Se  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workfor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BROADCAST-QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO FROM SEN. WARNER'S TREE DECORATION THE NORTH POLE - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and his Washington, D.C. staff are ready for Christmas! Today, Sen. Warner welcomed kindergarteners from Bel Air Elementary School in Woodbridge, VA to his Capitol Hill office to kick off the holiday season with carols, milk and cookies, and decoration of the of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to criticize the U.S. Department of the Treasury's proposed rules that would make it easier for Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 30D Clean Vehicle Tax Credit while   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing titled, "IIJA Investments in Habitat and Ecosystem Restoration, Pollinators, and Wildlife Crossings." HIGHLIGHTS: ON NEED TO STREAMLINE PROJECT GRANT, CONSTRUCTION PR  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "IIJA Investments in Habitat and Ecosystem Restoration, Pollinators, and Wildlife Crossings." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank the witnesses   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Today, House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis announced a $1 billion grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for a new passenger rail route between Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA. The route will be along the CSX Transportation "S-Line" as a part of the Southeast Corridor that will better connect North Carolina with Virginia, Washington D.C., and the Northeast Corridor. "This $1 billion grant for North Carolina to m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to rename a federal building in Roanoke, VA the "Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building" in honor of the life and legacy of civil rights lawyer Reuben Lawson. Today, December 6th, marks what would have been Lawson's 103rd birthday. "Reuben Lawson dedicated his life and career to fighting against segregation and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to rename a federal building in Roanoke, VA the "Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building" in honor of the life and legacy of civil rights lawyer Reuben Lawson. Today, December 6th, marks what would have been Lawson's 103rd birthday. "Reuben Lawson dedicated his life and career to fighting against segregation and paving the way for historic   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) applauded the bipartisan vote to advance the National Plan to End Parkinson's Act by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today. The next step would be for the bill to be taken up by the full House of Representatives. "The National Plan to End Parkinson's Act would be a transformative law marking a historic step in our fight against this truly horri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement expressing support for a resumption of the cessation of fighting in the conflict between Hamas and Israel in order to protect the lives and well-being of innocent civilians and remaining hostages. "Over the past two months, I've been horrified to see the mass casualties, broken families, and brutality inflicte  more