WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined nine of her Senate colleagues to introduce the Protect and Serve Act. This bipartisan legislation would make knowingly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to a law enforcement officer a federal crime. This bill was led by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and was introduced ahead of Police Week, which takes place from Sunday, May 12   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- 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 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), joined bipartisan, bicameral committee leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in a letter to U.S Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urging the U.S. Department of Education (Education)  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Clean Air in the Cloud Act, legislation to encourage EPA to update their IT system for storing air quality data to address the challenges currently posed by the Air Quality System (AQS) and AirNow. Introduction of the legislation follows a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, requested by Connolly, that identified deficiencies with the AQS,   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement on the Office of the National Cyber Director's (ONCD) 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States: "I welcome the news that the Office of the National Cyber Director has either completed or is in the process of c  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining the Education Department's Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure": "I was truly excited that a person with your personal and educatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virgina Foxx (R-NC) joined bipartisan, bicameral committee leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate urging the Department of Education (DeptEd) to make the timely roll out of the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form a priority. FAFSA provides schools w  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton's (D-VA) legislation to rename the Purcellville, Virginia post office in honor of Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State who called Virginia's 10th District home for many years. "I'm pleased that the House has come together to honor the legacy of Secretary Albright by passing my bill to name the   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- 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 $2,606,449 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two Head Start programs at the Raleigh County Community Action Association and PRIDE Community Services in Logan County. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotion  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- 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 $3,431,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) for Advantage Valley. The funding will be used to renovate the former Vossloh Track Building in Charleston, which will support job creation and private investment by attracting new businesses to the region. "The Econom  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating this week, May 6-12, 2024, as National Nurses Week. The resolution celebrates the critical contributions nurses make to providing safe, quality healthcare in West Virginia and across the country, as well as recognizes the need to strengthen the nationwide nursing workforce. "Nurses in West Virginia and across  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) introduced the bipartisan Back to Work Act of 2024 to bring employees of federal agencies back to in-person work. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in 2023, 17 of 24 federal agency headquarters were operating at an average capacity of 25% less. This legislation would limit telework to no more than 40% of days within an e  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement of $3.17 billion in Public Housing Repair funding to 2,756 public housing authorities (PHAs) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Virginia will receive $55.5 million in Public Housing Repair funding - $16.8 million of whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Recently, Rep. Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 8153, the Bank Risk Reduction Act, to eliminate regulations that hinder bank risk management and create systemic risk. Specifically, this legislation eliminates Dodd-Frank's mandatory margin, or collateral, requirements with respect to interest rate swaps that hedge interest rate risk of bank assets. Interest rate risk is the likelihood of a decline in the va  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former fair housing attorney, announced $55,516,821 in federal funding to improve affordable housing in 26 communities across the Commonwealth. The funding is awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Capital Fund Program, which annually provides funds to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to build, renovate, and modernize the public hous  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the addition of five neighboring counties in Virginia to the Maryland disaster declaration for the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, including Prince William County, enabling more Virginia businesses to be eligible to apply for SBA's low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans. After hearing from constituent businesses impacted by the fallout from the  more