WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and a group of her Senate Republican colleagues introduced legislation to end the federal electric vehicle and charging stations tax credit. The Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric (ELITE) Vehicles Act - led by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) - stops taxpayer money from subsidizing the purchase of luxury electric  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and 54 members of Congress in calling on the Administration to use all tools possible to dissuade the Israeli government from moving forward with an offensive invasion into Rafah. "We write with urgency to say: an offensive invasion into Rafah by Israel in the upcoming days is wholly   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), Congressman Chris Deluzio, and 85 colleagues in urging President Biden to enforce National Security Memorandum 20, including the underlying law, Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act amid evidence and reports that Israel has restricted the flow of US aid to Gaza - where over one million Palestinians are experiencing catastro  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: "Across our country we have seen record increases in Islamophobia and antisemitism. All of these incidents must be condemned, and never ignored. Just as important, however, is our sacred responsibility to protect free speech, even speech we find abhorrent. Words matter, and there is a clear difference between criticizing something   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Co-Chairs of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Caucus Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) led 134 Representatives in a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee calling for robust funding for the Endangered Species Act to support listing, planning and consultation, species conservation and restorati  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $1,002,963 to the Clinch Valley Community Action Head Start program. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement: "Clinch Valley Community Action is an important advocate for early education programs serving the Counties of Bland, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe." "This $1,002,963 grant from HHS will cove  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to President Biden vetoing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) joint employer rule, which imposes unnecessary costs and liabilities on job cr  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's questioning, click here or on the image above.** CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD), questioned U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg during a hearing to review the preside  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's questioning, click here or on the image above.** Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan during  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: To watch Senator Capito's interview, click here or on the image above. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - This morning, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of both the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Fox Business Network's "Mornings with  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, questioned Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Senator Manchin questioned Secretary Buttigieg on allocating funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIF) to support all-of-the-above refueling infrastructure, pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- 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 question U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland about the President's budget request for the DOI for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). During the hearing, Chairman Manchin discussed DOI's expected loss in revenue due to plans to cut back on oil and gas lease sales, DOI's lack of progress on   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) was awarded the World Trade Award at the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Foundation 2024 World Trade Dinner. The NFTC recognized Congresswoman Miller's efforts in enhancing U.S. trade policies and trade relations with our allies, especially in the Indo-Pacific region. "I am honored to have received the World Trade Award from the NFTC and be recognized   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement on the Biden Administration's final rule on electric vehicle tax credit guidelines. "Once again, the Biden Administration is allowing the Chinese Communist Party to profit from American tax credits. These weak guidelines benefit the CCP while American manufacturers are pushed aside. I introduced the End Chinese Dominance of Electr  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) attended the West Virginia National Guard's (WVNG) 2nd annual Military Spouse Appreciation Day luncheon, in Charleston, W.Va. where she delivered remarks and visited with WVNG members and their families. The purpose of this event is to honor and recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by military spouses in support of   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on May 3, 2024: Last week, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) was awarded the National Health Leadership Award by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) in recognition of her advocacy efforts on behalf of nurses in Congress. "Representative Kiggans has been a long-time champion of CRNAs at both the state and federal level, working for increased access to anesthesia care for patients and our ability to   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday evening hosted an art show and award ceremony at the duPont Gallery at the University of Mary Washington to announce the Seventh District's first, second, and third place winners of the sixth annual Congressional Art Competition. Students, family members, art teachers, principals, and art judges were invited to attend and see all 33 partici  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday joined Fredericksburg 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 investment in this community-requested project totals $637,195 that was signed into law and is now headed to the city. Spanberger   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's final rule implementing the Inflation Reduction Act's 30D Clean Vehicle Credit. "The United States, the birthplace of the assembly line that revolut  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) to introduce the Access to Birth Control Act, legislation that would guarantee timely access to birth control at pharmacies nationwide. The bill comes two years after it was leaked that the Supreme Court's ruling in   more