WASHINGTON, June 5 -- 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, led 43 of her Senate colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration's regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution comes after the Environmental  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Speaker Mike Johnson appointed Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. "I am honored to be appointed to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. China is an existential threat to America and its allies," Rep. Cline said. "The Biden administration's weak policies on China have only empowered and emboldened the CCP,   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech a $205,291 grant for pharmacology, physiology and biological chemistry research related to a micropump for continuous drug delivery. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Advanced drug delivery devices provide treatments to many patients. These devices allow appropriate continuous delivery   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: On Wednesday, June 12, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled "NLRB Overreach: Trampling on Workers' Rights and Fostering Unfairness." "Under Chairman McFerran's failed leadership, the National   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last night, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN's The Situation Room to discuss President Biden's executive order to limit illegal border crossings and the importance of preventing the weaponization of the American judicial system. On President Biden's executive order to limit illegal border crossings: "The border is the most serious crisis that we face right now. We have people  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $986,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to boost commercial manufacturing in Greenbrier County and update the curriculum and hire additional faculty at BridgeValley Community and Technical College. These federal awards are Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) led his bipartisan colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on nursing home and long-term care facilities that could force rural providers to close their doors. "Our nation's nursing home an  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Senator Manchin questioned Secretary Yellen on implementing the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen tax credits according to the law and his bipartisan Back to Work Act. On implementing the IRA's EV tax credits ac  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the below statement following the passage of H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 209-197. This legislation fully funds Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care programs and benefits and provides robust funding for milita  more

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, June 6 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted a roundtable discussion in Prince William County to hear directly from Hispanic business leaders, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs from across Virginia's Seventh District. Spanberger has long heard about the range of difficulties facing Hispanic-owned small businesses in Virginia -- such as raising capital, langu  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 5, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. "80 years ago, American servicemembers led the largest-ever amphibious assault. As General Eisenhower told them on the eve of the invasion, the eyes of the world were upon them. And tomorrow -- from Bedford, Virginia to Omaha Beach in France -- the world will gather  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, recently sent a letter urging the Department of Education to withdraw its latest student loan forgiveness plan. This proposed rule will cost hard-worki  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following written testimony by Drew Harris, a pulmonologist and medical director of the Black Lung Program at Stone Mountain, from a hearing dated May 22, 2024, entitled "Digging Deeper for Health and Safety: Examining New Standards and Practices in Mining": * * * Chairman Hickenlooper, Ranking Member Braun, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the oppor  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued a statement after Claudia Sheinbaum was declared the wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a cosponsor of the Right to Contraception Act, issued the following statement after voting to advance legislation to codify the right to access contraception into law. The legislation failed to reach the 60-vote threshold to move forward by a margin of 51-39. "For over 50 years, Americans' right to contraception has been protected by the Supreme Court. But in the years since Roe v  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted in a HELP hearing how the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision created a health care crisis for patients, providers, and the country. In the hearing, Kaine emphasized that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, Virginia has become the last southern state wit  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) cosponsored Tyler's Law, a bill directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide hospitals with guidance on how emergency rooms can implement fentanyl testing in their routine drug screens. The bill is named for Tyler Shamash, a teenager who died of an overdose in part because - unbeknownst to the physician - he was not tested for fentanyl upon being check  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) voted for H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025. The bill will enhance quality of life for military families, fully fund veterans' healthcare, invest in Virginia's military communities - all while ensuring responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. "Our servicemembers and veterans have  more