WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 7092, the Protecting Private Job Creators Act, to protect the fixed-income market from unnecessary and burdensome Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure requirements. This legislation will exempt fixed-income securities from a recently misinterpreted SEC regulation. Fixed-income securities, which are often bonds, provide investors with regular inte  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising concerns about the De  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) introduced the bipartisan Counting Veterans' Cancer Act of 2024, which aims to improve healthcare and research outcomes for America's veterans by increasing collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and state cancer registries. Specifically, the legislation requires the Veterans' Health Administration to share national cancer data with sta  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced that she, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), and Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) have introduced legislation to forcefully condemn Hamas' use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war on and since October 7th. "The acts of sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists during their unprovoked October 7  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), along with 25 of their colleagues, requested a Government Accountability Office investigation into the Biden administration's failure to properly implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program, delaying students and families' access to financial aid for college. The bip  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement in response to the Administration pausing new export permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) sent to non-free trade agreement countries. "Unfortunately, the announcement today re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) led the introduction of the bipartisan No Funds for Forced Labor Act, which seeks to prevent international financial institutions (IFIs) from supporting projects that pose significant risk of using forced labor. The bipartisan legislation would empower American officials to oppose IFI loans, which in part rely on U.S. taxpayer dollars, to  more