WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Senior House Democrat on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, today highlighted a raft of strongly positive economic indicators showing solid, sustained growth heading into the end of 2023. Twelve headlines show the breadth of America's economic strength heading into 2024: Wall Street Journal: Prices Fell in November for the First Time Since 2020. Inflation Is Approaching Fed Target. B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), who serve as Vice Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus, today introduced the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act, ambitious legislation to promote transparency in artificial intelligence foundation models. Foundation models are AI models trained on broad data; they power the generative AI websit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- 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, issued the below statement following the release of proposed rules by the U.S. Department of Treasury on the use of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The proposal imposes onerous rules--which were not included in the IRA--that limit the abili  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Rein in the EPA Act, which would protect small business owners across America from being burdened by unnecessary emissions reporting to Washington bureaucrats. The bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled, "Revisions to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements." "The Biden Administ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV), Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), and all Ways and Means Republicans sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel calling on him to testify before the Ways and Means Committee on the Biden Administration's failure to follow a law passed by Congress and signed by President Biden. In November, the IRS announced its dec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2023: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the below statement following the release of proposed rules by the U.S. Department of Treasury on the use of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The proposal imposes oner  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released a 2023 year in review report of EPW Republicans' accomplishments and activities titled, "Countering Biden's Radical Green Agenda with Rigorous Oversight & Real Solutions." The report outlines the successful o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE) Jack Reed (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) in sounding the alarm about the economic deterioration in the West Ba  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, was joined by Virginia delegation members Reps. Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) in urging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to ensure aircraft carrier procurement funding remains on track.  "Stable and predictable shipbuilding timelines help to maintain a healthy industrial b  more