WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congresswoman Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR-AL) today introduced the National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act. The bill would support coastal communities' ability to prepare for and respond to a variety of coastal threats, including flooding, extreme weather events, climate hazards and changing ocean conditions by improving coastal infrastructure and suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Town of Worthington, W.Va. to upgrade its water distribution infrastructure. This award, which was secured through a Co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), along with U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), led a bipartisan group of 57 senators in a letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Admi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- 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 Jan. 11, 2024, entitled "Lowering Costs and Increasing Access to Health Care With Employer-Driven Innovation": * * * President Ronald Reagan once said, "the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." The government often cause  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, questioning the Department's failure to implement appropriate sanctions enforcement as major technology firms such as Alphabet and Meta repeatedly flout U.S. sanctions rules through provision of digital advertising services. In his letter, Sen. Warner highlighted reports  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia University Research Corporation and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, located in Morgantown, will receive grants through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office to research and develop tools that impro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement regarding the three American service members killed and 25 injured at a U.S. outpost in Jordan. "I am devastated to hear of the American troops killed and injured at a U.S. outpost in Jordan last night. As we mourn this loss, we must commit to holding Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable for this despicable attack."   more