WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the American Bar Association's decision--following her March 2023 letter--to revise its accreditation standards to require law schools to adopt free speech and academic freedom policies to preserve their respec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) re-introduced the NCAA Accountability Act to establish due process protections for student-athletes, coaches, and universities that are under investigation by the NCAA for rule violations. This comes as the states of Tennessee and Virginia have filed an antitrust case against the NCAA pertaining to name, image, likeness (NIL) after the or  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his willful and systemic refusal to enforce the immigration laws of the United States. The Secretary has breached the public trust by misleading Congress and the American people on numerous occasions about the consequences of his decisions and the operational realities at the border. "I voted to impeach Secre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the author of the Global Health Security Act, released the following statement on the White House's announcement of Dr. Stephanie Psaki as the first United States Coordinator for Global Health Security: "I welcome the appointment of Dr. Stephanie Psaki as the United States Coordinator for Global Health Security, a position created by my legislation - the Global He  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement in opposition to the Republican Israel-only supplemental appropriations bill: "Once again, Speaker Johnson has cynically put Donald Trump's MAGA extremist agenda ahead of the American people and our strongest int  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement calling for Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's resignation after he refused to say the 'from the river, to the sea' chant is antisemitic: "Three months after October 7 and the disgusting antisemitic demo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing on the FDA's foreign inspection program. LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS "Today's hearing is an opportunity to examine t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), also co-chair of the Senate CTE Caucus, reintroduced the bipartisan Assisting Community Colleges in Educating Skilled Students (ACCESS) to Careers Act. The bill would boost student success and career readiness  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement regarding a proposed supplemental funding package to support key national security priorities, including resources to strengthen border security and support our alliances. Kaine also announced that he will file his amendment--which has now received support from more than half of the D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- 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 $1,548,712 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Fayette County Board of Education. The funding will be used to repair damages at the Valley PK-8 School after severe storms and flooding in August 2022, including embankment and parking lot repairs. "I'  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- 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 Cube Hydro Partners LLC will receive $50,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Deployment Office to increase the generation efficiency of the Millville Hydroelectric Facility in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The funding is made possible by Chairma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement after reviewing the national security supplemental funding bill text. "The southern border is the most dangerous threat facing our country today, and Congress has an obligation to step up and fix it. I commend my Democratic and Republican friends in the Senate for considering our input when working together to craft a bipartisan bill that   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate Jobs Task Force Member Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Co-Chairs Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led members of the Task Force in calling on the Department of Energy's (DOE) 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board to develop a report including robust recommendations to strengthen and diversify  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) introduced the Community Training, Education, and Access for Medical Students (TEAMS) Act. The Community TEAMS Act creates a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant program which would provide community-based training for medical students in rural and medically underserved communities.  "Americans in rural commun  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: One year ago today, the Ways and Means Committee held the first hearing under the Republican majority inside a lumber facility in Petersburg, West Virginia. The Committee heard from a lumber industry veteran, a mom of three and local restaurant owner, a veteran and co-owner of a local distillery, and a West Virginia native who has worked in the coal industry for 30 years. Each witness shared personal st  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: One year ago today, the Ways and Means Committee held the first hearing under the Republican majority inside a lumber facility in Petersburg, West Virginia. The Committee heard from a lumber industry veteran, a mom of three and local restaurant owner, a veteran and co-owner of a local distillery, and a West Virginia native who has worked in the c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, the House Oversight Committee passed Congresswoman Jen Kiggans' (VA-02) Securing the Chain of Command Continuity Act by a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 41-0. Kiggans introduced the bipartisan legislation with Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) on January 11, 2024, following reports that essential members of the U.S. government, including the President, were left in the dark over Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement on the status of the U.S. Senate's bipartisan national security, border security, and immigration package. "A strong U.S. response to crises at our southern border, in Ukraine, and in the Middle East is not optional -- it's mandatory. "As a former federal law enforcement officer and CIA case officer who work  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that Cube Hydro Partners LLC will receive $50,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Deployment Office to increase the generation efficiency of the Millville Hydroelectric Facility in Harpers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced nearly $1.8 million in new federal grants to support housing assistance and supportive services to Virginians battling homelessness: $174,319 for Loudoun County and $1,621,003 for Prince William County. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care program as a part of a larger  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to pass Representative Jennifer Wexton's (D-VA) Divided Families National Registry Act, which aims to help Korean Americans reconnect with the families they left behind in North Korea decades ago in the wake of the Korean War. Wexton introduced the bipartisan bill last week alongside Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA). It now goes to the f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman's (VA-01) bipartisan Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research, Knowledge, and Enhanced Dialogue (SHARKED) Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The SHARKED Act will establish a task force to work with fisheries management groups to address the problems posed by increased shark depredation and identify research and funding opportunities for i  more