WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations (SFRC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees, led Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Don Beyer (D-VA-8), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7) in sending a letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reimburse the Northern Virginia Emergency Resp  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) applauded the Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of $46.5 million in federal funding to expand access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and grow the clean energy workforce. Among the 30 selected projects, "Project SYNC - Share Your eNroute Charge," located in Richmond and led by Dominion Energy, will receive $1,487,83  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Kathy Manning (NC-06) called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require a new certificate application from Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for its "redesigned" Southgate Project - a natural gas pipeline extension that would run from southern Virginia int  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 2872, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act. "Today, I voted for a temporary funding measure (continuing resolution) to prevent a government shutdown and ensure we have the time we need to secure a bipartisan agreement on a commonsense, responsible governm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Today, Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require a new certificate application from Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for its "redesigned" Southgate Project - a natural gas pipeline extension that would run from southern Virginia i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2024: Agenda Nominees 1. Kurt Campbell The Honorable Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State 2. Cardell Kenneth Richardson Mr. Cardell Kenneth Richardson, Sr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of State 3. Robert David Gioia Mr. Robert David Gioia, of New York, to be a Commissioner on the part of th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dick Durbin, (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced growing momentum around their amendment to require that the weapons received by any country under the proposed national security supplemental are used in accordance with U.S. law, international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict. The amendment is now supported by Senators Tina Smith (D-MN  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced $300,000 in federal funding for the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Foundation in Abingdon to create the Southwest Virginia Regional Simulation Lab for Nursing and Allied Health. The lab will simulate clinical experience for 450 students and 11 organizations, helping   more