WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on March 13, 2024, for the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5202): * * * Summary On December 6, 2023, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce ordered 41 pieces of legislation to be reported. This document provides estimates for 21 bills in that package that are related to health care and consumer protection. Generally, the bills in this group that would affect dire  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following commentary to the Charleston Gazette on March 14, 2024: * * * The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act extends and builds on the success of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, writes Ways and Means Republican Carol Miller (WV-01) in an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette. As noted in the op-ed, the legislation incorporates ideas gathered at a series of hearings held out  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: White Sulphur Springs, WV - House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik kicked off the House Republican Annual Issues Conference with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) to discuss the historic opportunity before House Republicans to save America and the American dream from the failed Far Left policies of Joe Biden. Watch her full remarks here. Find her full remark  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06), Scott Peters (CA-50), and Kevin Mullin (CA-15) to introduce the Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act to create a program for methane emissions detection and mitigation research, development, and demonstration for technologies and methods that would detect and mitigate emissions.  Methane is one  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) in sending a letter to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) sharing stories of Postal Service disruptions and delays across Virginia. The USPS OIG is currently auditing the R  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on March 14, 2024: This week, Congresswomen Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) announced the introduction of the Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act. Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) has introduced this legislation in the Senate. To meet staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to work mandatory overtime beyond their scheduled shift, which can endanger both worker well-being and patient safety. In  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a total of $13,800,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for two projects at West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation to research meth  more

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia, March 15 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) made the following statements today at the House Republican Issues Conference: "Biden waivers today of Iran sanctions is disgraceful and threatens American families with mass murder. As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee, I know providing $10 Billion to   more