WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) --members of the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees, respectively-- released a joint statement praising the $1 billion increase for early childhood learning and care included the government funding package. The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 includes a $7  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, released the following statement on the inclusion of an extension of the Price-Anderson Act in the package of six fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. "For more than six decades, the Price-Anderson Act ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), to introduce the Securing America's Titanium Manufacturing Act. The legislation aims to support America's titanium supply chain and promote investment in the U.S. defense industr  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to revise its National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Lime M  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito's floor speech. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate floor about Democrat hypocrisy. During her remarks, Senator Capito highlighted U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.), the Senate Majority Leader, speech last week where he called for n  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) reintroduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to protect horses from abusive show practices. Soring is a process by which horse trainers intentionally apply devices or caustic substances to horses' limbs to make each step painful and force an exaggerated high-stepping gait (called the "Big Lick") rewarded with higher marks in show rings. A  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $64,135 grant dedicated to the Crooked Road, Virginia's Music Heritage Trail. The funding supports a project that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the organization. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "The Crooked Road celebrating its 20th anniversary is exciting. I was there in the Virginia House of Delegates wh  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Barter Foundation has received a $700,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for a renovation project at the Smith Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. The project includes new audience seating, stabilization of existing interior spaces, and fire system upgrades. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This money greatly benefits the Barter's Smith Theatre c  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement on the death of Marion's Mayor, David Helms: "I am saddened to learn of the death of Marion Mayor David Helms. Working with him over the years, his great love of Marion and Smyth County was evident. As a public-school teacher, principal, and town council member, he exhibited some of the finest qualities of a public servant. His pa  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education's continued blunders in its rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): "Biden's Education Department is at it again--today announcing it botched hundreds o  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's legislative hearing including bills that impact VA's accessibility, pay, and ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke on the Senate floor to express support for his resolution to designate March 22, 2024, as the first-ever National Inland Waterways Workers Safety Awareness Day. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined Senator Manchin in introducing the resolution to honor and remember the life of Gabe White, a West Virginian who died in a barge accident in March 2023 at j  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), questioned officials with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Reform Commission on reinstating the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Management Officer position and promoting fiscal responsibility when communicating within the Department. Congress established the PPBE Reform Com  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) reintroduced a bipartisan resolution to designate March 21, 2024 as National Women in Agriculture Day to recognize the critical contributions of West Virginian and American women in the agriculture industry. "West Virginia's farmers, ranchers and livestock producers play a vital role in our state's economy and provide nutritious food for our communities, and wome  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the bipartisan Securing America's Titanium Manufacturing Act to support America's titanium supply chain and bolster investment in the U.S. defense industrial base. Senator Manchin was joined by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). Currently, the U.S. titanium industry impo  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and urged the agency to revise its National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Lime Manufacturing Plants Amendments ("Lime NESHAP"), which would have negative impacts on li  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to consider the below nominees to serve as Commissioners on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "The work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is enormously important for our country. The Commission's job is to ensure the 'orderly development of plentiful supplies of electricity an  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Appropriations Committee released the six remaining FY24 spending bills, which included the defense budget. "I enthusiastically support the investments included in the FY24 defense budget to fully-fund our submarine programs and bolster our submarine indu  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Kiggans released the below statement after voting in favor of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. This legislation, which passed out of the House by a bipartisan vote of 286 to 134, provides a total $1.23 trillion in government funding, including for the military, Border Patrol, and other critical services. "For years Washington went on a reckless s  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion partial government spending resolution. Rep. Alex X. Mooney voted NO on the spending package that continues to recklessly fund the government at obscene spending levels. The bill funds a host of President Joe Biden's liberal priorities. "Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are salivating to support this $1.2 trillion spen  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and co-chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, legislation that would allow for advance and accelerated payments to health care providers in the event of a cyber incident, as long as they and their vendors meet minimum cybersecurity standards. The legislation f  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) voted for H.Res. 1102 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, the second legislative package that includes the final six regular fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. This package includes the following funding bills: Defense; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland Security; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies; Legislativ  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement after the finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new emission standards for   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The Senate Appropriations Committee today released legislation, a large portion of which was authored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), to fund the Health and Human Services (HHS), Education, and Labor departments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Th  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, released the following statement on the inclusion of an extension of the Price-Anderson Act in the package of six fiscal  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the a  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation that would provide $637,195 for renovations, security enhancements, and upgraded equipment to prevent the disruption of government operations at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located at the Fredericksburg Police Headquarters. This investment -- which Spanberger secured  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Mark Warner (D-VA) reintroduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to protect horses from abusive show practices. Soring is a process by which horse trainers intentionally apply devices or caustic substances to horses' limbs to make each step painful and force an exaggerated high-stepping gait (called the "Big Lick") rewarded with higher marks in show rings. Although   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced their co-sponsorship of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act, legislation to address the growing concern around rising home prices, lack of access to home-buying assistance, and the widening wealth and homeownership gaps in Virginia and throughout the country. The bill would provide federal grants, administered through local entities, to aid first-gen  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced their co-sponsorship of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act, legislation to address the growing concern around rising home prices, lack of access to home-buying assistance, and the widening wealth and homeownership gaps in Virginia and throughout the country. The bill would provide federal grants, administered through local entities, to aid first-genera  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement on the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act: "Nearly six months after the original deadline, the House has finally passed all 12 government funding bills. It is outrageous that it's taken this long, and it shouldn't have been done this way. "Today I voted to support the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. There's no way around   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Congressman Pat Ryan (D-NY) announced the launch of the Congressional Defense Modernization Caucus to advance the national security ecosystem through the integration and adoption of emergent technologies. The bipartisan caucus will amplify and champion key policy and funding priorities necessary for the technological evolution of the U.S. Department of Defen  more