WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to mark the one-year anniversary of Julie Su's tenure as "Acting Secretary of Labor" and requested once again that President Biden withdraw Julie Su's nomination for Secretary of Labor. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "T  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) served a subpoena on Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325 (Local 2325) President Lisa Ohta after the union failed to respond to Committee oversight inquiries relating to the contentious vote and subsequent adoption of the "Resoluti  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the release of President Biden's FY 2025 budget proposal: "President Biden's FY25 budget is not a fiscal panacea - it will make the nation keel over from shouldering more unsustainable and irrespons  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, April 17, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism." "Some of the worst cases of antisemitic assaults, harassment, and vandalism on campus have occurred at Colum  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $2,500,000 for Prince William County to help construct an interchange and additional improvements at the intersection of Minnieville Road and Prince William Parkway. This investment -- which Spanberger secured as part of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate-passed fiscal yea  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $200,000 for improvements to the American Job Center in Fredericksburg. The American Job Center provides employment resources to job seekers in the Fredericksburg region to increase access to the job market and lower barriers to employment. This investment -- which Spa  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $450,000 for the Madison County Sheriff's Office to purchase new equipment to provide reliable emergency radio coverage at Madison County Public Schools. This investment -- which Spanberger secured as part of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate-passed fiscal year (FY)2024 a  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $820,000 for community-focused projects in Greene County -- including improvements to Greene County Community Park and a new virtual reality training system for the Greene County Sheriff's Office. This investment -- which Spanberger secured as part of the U.S. House an  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $920,000 to make much-needed improvements to the Town of Occoquan's aging stormwater management system. This investment -- which Spanberger secured as part of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate-passed fiscal year (FY)2024 appropriations package -- will allow the Town of Oc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $1,746,000 for Stafford County to make much-needed infrastructure and public safety improvements -- including widening a section of Onville Road, completing improvements along U.S. Route 1, and purchasing a new emergency dispatch system for the Stafford County Sheriff's  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $1,012,777 for multiple community-focused projects in Culpeper County and the Town of Culpeper -- including acquiring a new critical incident vehicle for the Culpeper Police Department, updating the auditorium at the Carver Center, and making Lenn Park more accessible.   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: President Biden on Saturday signed into law U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that will provide $4,616,279 for Spotsylvania County to increase capacity and safety along the I-95 corridor and help construct a new 1-million-gallon water tower to serve residents of the county and the City of Fredericksburg. This investment -- which Spanberger secured as part of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman, vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Biden's defense budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25): "President Biden's defense budget request is devoid of reality. With rising aggression from China, Russia, and Iran, our defense budget must reflect our new reality during this time of globa  more