WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, AFL-CIO President Elizabeth Shuler, and Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry demanding answers regarding their respective unions' attempts to l  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Yale University President Peter Salovey and University of Michigan President Santa Ono with details regarding the presidents' participation in transcribed interviews with the Committee. The transcribed interview with Yale President   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster training for primary care providers so they can better diagnose Alzheimer's and other dementia and deliver high-quality, person-centered care in community-based settings. The Accelerating Access to Dementia & Alzheimer's Provider Training (AADAPT) Act  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement on the sentencing of Virginia resident Tyler Wenrich: "I'm glad that Tyler Wenrich isn't going to receive a lengthy prison sentence and will be able to soon return home to Virginia to be with his family. It's clear he never intended to violate the laws of Turks and Caicos. When Tyler's family reached out to my office about Tyler's detention,  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV -- Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is encouraging West Virginia manufacturers to apply for the second round of funding from the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit program. This second round will make up to $6 billion available, with at least $2.5 billion in this round reserved   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger backed bipartisan legislation to increase access to non-opioid treatments for pain management for seniors and help combat the opioid epidemic. Older Americans are at increased risk of opioid misuse. Many seniors experience pain related to acute illness or injury and are more likely to have chronic disorders associated with pain, leading to a high incidence of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is encouraging West Virginia manufacturers to apply for the second round of funding from the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit program. This second round will make up to $6 billion   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10 a.m. on June 4, 2024, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda We encourage the public to utilize the Committee's livestream of the hearing, available on the website at https://www.finance.senate.gov/ Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) Witnesses * James R. Ives of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, United States Depa  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, wrote to the U.S. Copyright Office in support of expanding the existing good-faith research exemption within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Every three years, the DMCA goes through a rulemaking process to authorize exemptions that allow individuals and researchers  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee, released the following statement following reports of an F-35 fighter jet crashing off the airfield at Albuquerque International Sunport: "I am incredibly grateful to the first responders who promptly aided the pilot after this crash and   more