WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to follow through on its commitment to protecting international college athletes' ability to exercise their rights to their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) without fear of losing thei  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and 18 of her Senate Republican colleagues recently introduced a resolution condemning the explosion of antisemitism on U.S. college campuses, calling out university presidents who have enabled and refused to take action against this antisemitism. The resolution also urges the U.S. Department of Education to take necessary actions to  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, introduced a resolution to honor America's public servants during Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW), which is celebrated during the first week in May. "Public servants, including our incredible federal employees, are our nation's unsung heroes,"   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced a new lineup of college presidents for the May 23 hearing titled "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos." The presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA will testify in-person. The Presidents of Yale and Michigan--who were   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding serving a subpoena on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su for her failure to provide requested materials to the Committee related to DOL's return-to-office action plan: "Under Acting Secretary  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, the House of Representatives voted by voice to pass the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. The legislation is co-led by Congressman James   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jen Kiggans' (VA-02) H.R. 6972, the Securing the Chain of Command Continuity Act. This bipartisan legislation, which Congresswoman Kiggans introduced alongside Congressman Don Davis (NC-01), will help preserve America's nation defense superiority by preventing chain of command violations among members of the National Security Council (NSC). T  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- 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, announced $2,791,484 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Community Health Systems in Beckley and the Tug River Health Association in Gary. These investments will strengthen health services throughout Raleigh and McDowell Counties. "I am pleased HHS is investing more than $2.7 million to help  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the bipartisan Protect and Serve Act to support law enforcement officers in West Virginia and across the country. The legislation would make it a federal crime to knowingly cause, or attempt to cause, bodily injury to a law enforcement officer. "Our brave law enforcement officers in West Virginia and across the country risk their lives every day to keep our communiti  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger backed bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create two new federal training programs to strengthen the United States' cyber defenses and cybersecurity workforce. One of the training programs would specifically recruit Veterans for these in-demand jobs. Threats to the nation's cybersecurity and critical infrastructure -- particularly those from foreign adversaries,  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger announced today that her office has now returned more than $38 million in federal casework funds to residents of Virginia's Seventh District. Casework dollars are secured and returned by fighting for fair treatment for those having issues with a federal agency, program, or benefit. Spanberger's office assists Virginians with many casework concerns -  more