WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer today urged House consideration of his legislation, the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act, following a statement by actress Scarlett Johansson raising questions about whether OpenAI used her voice without authorization in the development of a new AI product. Beyer serves on the House leadership-appointed bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, is vice-Chair of the Artificial Intellig  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, 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 a group of 129 lawmakers in a letter to U.S. Department of Education (Education) Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the department to withdraw its latest attempt to illegally transfer student loan de  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- 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 Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 with Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.). WRDA 2024 authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to continue implementation of key proje  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) hosted his annual reception for participants in the 11th District Congressional Art Competition at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. Judged by a panel of representatives from local art organizations, this yearly competition celebrates student artists from across the 11th District. This year's competition featured 131 pieces of artwork submitted by st  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) introduced the Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act, bipartisan legislation to counter organized criminal and drug trafficking groups who are devastating communities in and around the Brazilian Amazon, upending rule of law, and accelerating environme  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), the former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, were joined by their colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the top Republicans on the Senate and House committees handling education, to urge the Biden administration to withdraw its proposal to transfer $147 billion in student loan debt to American taxpayers. "In addition to the fiscally irresponsible nature of this backdoor attempt to enact 'free' college, the  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $3,603,654 to the New River Community Action Head Start program. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Head start projects in the New River Valley contribute to quality preschool experiences by promoting childhood education and development." "This HHS grant for $3,603,654 will help New River Community A  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, and H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act. These bipartisan bills will provide enhanced skills development opportunities and bolster the workforce to hel  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: On Sunday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) attended the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships in Charleston, West Virginia. "It was a privilege to watch these premier athletes compete in the USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships right here in downtown Charleston," said Senator Manchin. "Hosting this Olympic qualifying event is such a great achievement for the Mountain State and I ap  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and colleagues in urging the Biden administration's Department of Education (DOE) to withdraw its proposed rule that would transfer an additional $147 billion in student loan debt to American taxpayers. If implemented, the rule would bring the total debt transferred to Americans to as much as $1 trillion. In April, the  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- 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 $5,388,747 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two Head Start Programs at the Kanawha County Board of Education and Eastern Allegheny Council. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotional development, health a  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led his bipartisan colleagues in introducing the Electronic Prior Authorization for Prescription Drugs Act. The bill would streamline access to prescription drugs that require a health plan's approval, known as prior authorization. The current process has unnecessary administrative hurdles that cause delays in care for physicians and other clinicians to get patients their essen  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Field Hearing in Erie, Pennsylvania to discuss how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act promoted small businesses and policies such as Opportunity Zones (OZ), which have positively benefited small business owners in rural areas across the country. Click here to watch. Congresswoman Miller began by highlighting her ow  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement on United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's decision to pause changes to all USPS facilities, including changes to the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center, until January 1, 2025. "I am pleased that Postmaster General DeJoy has decided to halt any changes to be made to USPS facilities, including the Charleston Pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (UT-04), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) sent a letter to Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Executive Secretary Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish after recent reports revealed tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to address the recent spike in cybersecurity attacks against American healthcare systems. Cyberattacks on our healthcare system -- like that against Change Healthcare, which serves more than 152 million Americans, earlier this year -- are growing more frequent and complex. A recent U.S. Department of Health and H  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Congresswomen Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), who represent two of the largest military communities in the country, introduced bipartisan legislation to address simultaneous crises facing military families: the difficulty of finding and affording both housing and childcare. Specifically, the legislation would direct the military to study the feasibility of building multi-unit family housing constructions  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), HELP Committee Ranking Member, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, in urging the Department of Education (DeptEd) to withdraw its latest attempt to transfer student loan debt onto American taxpa  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in the weekly Senate Republican Leadership press conference where she discussed oversight findings from the EPW Committee that  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05), and 128 lawmakers in urging the Department of Education (ED) to withdraw its latest attempt to transfer student loan debt onto American taxpayers. The proposed rule will cost hard-working Americans an additional $147 billion and bring the total student loan debt transferred to taxpayers to as much a  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Enabling New Agile Buying-power and Leveraging Enhancements in Intelligence Community (ENABLE IC) Acquisitions Act, which would enable the IC to streamline acquisition processes and give priority to small business concerns and nontraditi  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) have cosponsored the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act. In April 2023, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) shared her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and in September of last year her diagnosis was upgraded to progressive supranuclear palsy   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, along with House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and over 120 members of Congress, recently urged Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to withdraw their latest attempt to transfer student education debt onto American tax  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR) joined Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and 128 Members of Congress in sending a bicameral letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the Department to withdraw its latest attempt to transfer student loan debt onto American tax  more