WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke at West Virginia University's (WVU) Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony to applaud the graduates on their terrific accomplishments. "What I learned at WVU gave me the tools and the confidence to do anything I dreamed possible," Senator Manchin said in part. "WVU Mountaineers always overcome. The history o  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in leading a group of 13 senators in a letter to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense urging them to preserve the two-per-year procurement cadence of Virginia Class submarines to maintain undersea supremacy and prevent destabilizing the industr  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $14,070,000 in federal funding for three conservation projects in the Commonwealth. The funding, courtesy of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Legacy Program (FLP), was made possible through annual Land and Water Conservation Funding (LWCF) as well as the Inflation Reduction Act, which the senators helped pass. "We are proud to announc  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA), alongside 10 colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging the U.S. Department of Defense to send more American-made drones to Ukraine to deploy on the battlefield. Currently, most drones being used in Ukraine's fight against unprovoked Russian aggression are made by a single Chinese company. The use of American drones in Ukraine allows t  more