WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $4,751,317 to Kids Central, Incorporated for their Head Start programs. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This HHS grant for $4,751,317 will help Kids Central operate their Head Start programs, serving the peoples of Dickenson and Wise Counties, as well as the City of Norton." ### *** Original tex  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times on May 28, 2024: * * * Over 150 million Americans prefer the comprehensive and cost-effective health care coverage they get from their employers. Yet, the Biden administration is actively trying to dismantle access and affordability of employer-sponsored plans in order to increase Obamacare enrollment numbers. In Ca  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 8573, the Union Members Right to Know Act. The legislation requires labor unions to inform union members of their free speech rights and the right not to pay dues or fees to the union based on religious beliefs and practices for non  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Last week, the Senate passed the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act. The bill, which passed the House of Representatives in December 2023, was introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.). The Dr. Emmanu  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Thursday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) led a group of 12 Republican lawmakers demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclose details regarding a recent incident by two foreign nationals on a Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. The lawmakers wrote,"A brazen attempt to infiltrate a military installation by foreign nationals from a terror-prone region  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today praised the introduction of her bipartisan Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act in the U.S. Senate. U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the U.S. Senate version of the CAST Act, which would crack down on narcotics traffickers who are using illicit pill presses to manufacture counterfeit drugs. The CAST Act wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the below statement following the sentencing of Virginia resident Tyler Wenrich: "After advocacy from my office and across Congress, I'm glad to see Virginia resident Tyler Wenrich receive a lenient sentence for mistakenly bringing just two hunting bullets to Turks and Caicos while on a cruise. Tyler never sought to break the law, so I'm deeply relieved that the justice syst  more