WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 10 of her Senate Republican colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), in introducing the Protect Our Communities From DUIs Act. The legislation would both prevent illegal immigrants who have committed a DUI from entering the U.S. and automatically deport illegal immigrants who commit a DUI within the United States. "The catastrop  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General's report on mail contract trucking safety and compliance. Connolly is a recipient of the 2023 Truck Safety Champion Award from the Truck Safety Coalition for his   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), James Lankford (R-OK), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a bipartisan resolution to express support for international religious freedom as a fundamental right and a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. This introduction comes amid concern over increased attacks on religious freedom worldwide. "The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute in 1786 that became  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $14,684,327 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. This award will reimburse costs accrued for emergency protective services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our healthcare professionals  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee and a broad bipartisan group of prominent Senators, urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCon  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visiting the U.S. Southern Border. "Today, two U.S. presidents traveled to the Southern Border for political theatre and separately agreed with what everyone outside Washington already knows: the crisis at our border is the greatest threat we face and we have to shut it down.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 7463, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act 2024, to avoid a government shutdown once again:  "Chaos and dysfunction have defined the Republican conference from the beginning of the 118th Congress. They have manufactured one crisis after another. At every point, House De  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on March 1, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced she has cosponsored H.R. 7372, the Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act. This bipartisan legislation provides the necessary authorities to secure the U.S. southern border as well as critical, defense-only funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The border security authorities and defense funding would be in effect for one year following ena  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a $5,100,000 investment from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to plug, remediate and reclaim six orphaned oil and gas well sites in the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Williamstown, West Virgi  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee and a broad bipartisan group of prominent Senators, urged  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:30 a.m. on March 7, 2024, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * Ms. Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State * Mr. Erik John Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador * Mr. Robert William Forden, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Senate approved a stopgap funding bill to fund some parts of the government through March 8 and others through March 22. This bill will keep the government open by reauthorizing spending at Fiscal Year 2023 levels. "Passing a stopgap funding bill is undoubtedly better than shutting down the government, but what would  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Senate approved a stopgap funding bill to fund some parts of the government through March 8 and others through March 22. This bill will keep the government open by reauthorizing spending at Fiscal Year 2023 levels. "Passing a stopgap funding bill is undoubtedly better than shutting down the government, but what   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senior leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)'s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office to affirm the importance of meeting the congressionally-mandated 31 L-class amphibious ship floor requirement in a cost-effective way. By providing multiship procurement auth  more