WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) today announced the introduction of the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act, bipartisan legislation that would strengthen credible and accurate reporting of bias-driven incidents to better respond to the national rise in antisemitic incidents and other hate crimes. The FBI has acknowledged that data on antisemitic incidents and other hate crimes   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), together with fellow Korea Caucus Co-Chairs Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ami Bera (D-CA), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirming the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance ahead of the Third Summit for Democracy. The thirteen signatories commend and applaud the ROK for hosting   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor (DOL) directing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to return $127 million in overpayments for dead Teamsters: "The evidence of PBGC's blatant mismanagement has mounted for   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $100,000 to Washington County for the Mendota and Creeper Trails Broadband Project. The project will feature the construction and delivery of broadband infrastructure along the trails. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "I am pleased that ARC decided to help expand broadband in Washington County. The County has mad  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to the presidents of: Service Employees International Union; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; United Steelworkers; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Internationa  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Congressman Brandon Williams (R-NY) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 7683, the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act. The legislation ensures that colleges and universities are fulfilling their First Amendment obligations by making free speech on ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Richmond, VA -- Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) presented 23 women from across Virginia's Fourth Congressional District with awards for her inaugural Women of Excellence program. The program aims to recognize women across Virginia's Fourth who have made meaningful contributions to their communities and have improved the lives of those around them. "Growing up in a family of amazing women m  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to create an emergency supply of key ingredients used in essential generic medicines and incentivize domestic manufacturing of these ingredients. The United States currently depends on foreign producers for a range of pharmaceutical products -- including many active pharmac  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: This week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), also a member of the EPW Committee, celebrated Senate passage of two pieces of bipartisan legislat  more