WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the below statement on the national security and border package: "The current situation at our southern border is chaos. I've seen it firsthand, and I hear about it from West Virginians back home consistently. Make no mistake: this catastrophe is entirely of President Biden's making  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter, a level that would be unattainable for many areas acros  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her colleagues, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), in leading a bipartisan resolution marking February 7th as "National Girls & Women in Sports Day." This resolution not only commemorates the remarkable accomplishments of girls and women in sports, but also underscores the need for bro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration's illegal emissions performance measure being imposed on state   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) issued a statement on what should have been Haiti's Presidential Inauguration Day on February 7, 2024: "Exactly 38 years ago, the Haitian people succeeded in expelling a dictator from their shores. Five years later, Haiti's first de  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman GT Thompson (R-PA) introduced the Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act, bipartisan legislation to eliminate the three percent federal excise tax on local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletype exchange services for the disabled. The telephone excise tax, originally conceived as a mechanism to fund the Spanish-American War, is an   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) denounced the Department of Education's failed FAFSA rollout that has negatively impacted students and families. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "Roughly 18 million students fill out the Free Application for Federal Student   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a final warning to Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker and Interim President Dr. Alan Garber since the university has continually failed to produce documents related to the Committee's antisemitism investigation. Chairwoman Foxx r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate reported issues with the information technology (IT) system used by the U.S. Depart  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) led a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging congressional leadership to renew expired funding for child care. Funding the lawmakers passed in the Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- 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 $12,368,832 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 28 West Virginia housing authorities. The funding will bolster community-based efforts to address homelessness by helping connect vulnerable individuals and families with critical supportive services. "Every West Virginian deserves a ro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to nullify a November 2023 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule that imposes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organization  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 on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)'s determination that imports of tin mill products from China, Canada and Germany do not sufficiently harm the domestic steel industry. The ITC also voted to terminate the investigation for imports from South Korea. In January, the Department of Commerce announced its findings that imports of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after she voted against House Republicans' attempt to impeach the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: "Since the start of the 118th Congress, House Republicans desperately tried to politicize our nation's broken immigration system rather than offering real solutions. In a culminating effort, they attempte  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after she voted no on H.R. 7217:  "For months, the Biden-Harris Administration and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators worked to develop a supplemental aid package that comprehensively addresses the national security needs of our global allies and partners, meets Republicans' demands for immigration reform, and delivers critical   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted on articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas: "The U.S. Constitution sets an extremely high standard for impeachment - 'high Crimes and Misdemeanors.' Republicans have failed to produce any evidence that Secretary Mayorkas has violated this con  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overt  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate reported i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote on the bipartisan legislation to provide needed funding for Ukraine and address the situation at the U.S. southern border: "Today's vote begs the question: are there any serious Republican legislators left? It is preposterous that my collea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats Act of 2024 (DETECT Act), legislation directing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop cybersecurity guidelines for the federal government's use of drones. Drones have the ability to collect sensitive information, and as they become more common, the security of this   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging them to work with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency to prevent illegal vaping products from the People's Republic of China (PRC) from entering the United States. More than half of all vaping products sold in the United States are e-cigarettes and related accessories, which are imported from the PR  more