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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Wednesday March 27, 2024 ( 6 items )  

House Education Committee Chairwoman Foxx Subpoenas PBGC After It Impedes Committee Investigation Into $127 Million in Overpayments for Dead Teamsters
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) served a subpoena on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis after PBGC failed to provide adequate responses to the Committee's previous inquiries regarding the agency's gross negligence in overpaying $127 millio  more

McClellan Statement on Supreme Court Mifepristone Oral Arguments
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration, which will determine the future availability of mifepristone: "The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today to decide Americans' future access to mifepristone, a safe, effective at-home abortion medication. Aft  more

Rep. Spanberger Joins Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg-Area Leaders to Celebrate More Than $4.8M in Federal Funding Secured for Community-Requested Projects
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Virginia, March 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday joined Spotsylvania County officials and community leaders to celebrate the federal funding successfully secured for local projects as part of a U.S. House and U.S. Senate-passed fiscal year (FY)2024 appropriations bill. The major investments in these community-requested projects total more than $4.8 million that is  more

Rep. Steube, Armistead Pen Fox News Op-Ed on Safeguarding Women Olympic Sports
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following commentary to Fox News on March 26, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Lainey Armistead, former team captain for the West Virginia State University women's soccer team, penned an opinion piece discussing the dangers of men competing against women in sports and why it's critical to stand for fair competition. Read the opinion piece in Fox News and below: "Women's sports is strictly for women and   more

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Manchin Joins West Virginia Business, Community Leaders for Energy Communities Tax Credit Workshop
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined West Virginia community and business leaders and federal officials at the University of Charleston for a workshop on the Inflation Reduction Act's 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit progra  more

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Manchin: EPA Methane Fee Rules Raise Costs of Domestic Energy Production
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns about the EPA's implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) methane fee through the Wast  more