WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today congratulated West Virginia high school students Peyton Barker of Ronceverte, W.Va. and Bryson Riggleman of Petersburg, W.Va. on their selection as West Virginia's United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) representatives for 2024. Peyton and Bryson were selected from among the state's top student leaders to participate in th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Cardona requesting answers and documents related to the Biden administration's latest student loan bailout plan. The letter reads in part, "The Congress  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Cardona requesting answers and documents related to the Biden administration's latest student loan bailout plan. The letter reads   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcomittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis demanding answers surrounding the agency's refusal to recover the $127 milli  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the winners of the Congressional App Challenge for Virginia's Fourth Congressional District: Agastyya and Irra Kala. The Kala siblings designed an original application, Brainee, to improve mobility and address accessibility issues for individuals with disabilities.  Brainee utilizes brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and electroencephalogram   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released the Committee's 2023 year-in-review. Under Senator Manchin's leadership, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported or ordered reported 59 bills in 2023, including Chairman Manchin's Nuclear Fuel Security Act and Amer  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that The Center for Applied Research and Technology, Inc. in Bluefield, West Virginia, will receive $100,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon management (FECM). Th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement after Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo's inauguration: "We congratulate Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on his historic inauguration to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in introducing the Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act. This legislation increases staffing capacity and technology to bolster security and detect illicit drugs and other contraband being smuggled through ports of entry along the border. "Families and communities across the Commonwealth have been devastated by the spread of fentan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- 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 West Virginia received $20,731,406,457 in fiscal year 2023 to support the state's priorities, communities, and families. This includes $122 million in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests that Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the funding bills from fiscal years 2022 and 2023.   more