WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, recently joined a group of 14 of her Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden to express concerns regarding his Executive Order that would offer amnesty to illegal aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. This letter was led  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today is standing firm for the protection of female students in every classroom. In a letter to George Mason University's President, Dr. Gregory Washington, and the Antonin Scalia Law School's Dean, Kenneth C. Randall, Chairwoman Foxx is demanding ans  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing titled "Examining Anti-Doping Measures in Advance of the 2024 Olympics." UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE OLYMPICS "As U.S. athletes p  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Representatives John Sarbanes (D-MD-03), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) and Andy Harris (R-MD-01) in sending a letter to the Principals' Staff Committee of the Chesapeake Executive Council emphasizing the need for continued commitment to the goals of the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement, a landmark accord that established goals and   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,287,900 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Mission West Virginia and West Virginia University (WVU). This funding will support a teenage pregnancy prevention program based in Hurricane and a medical research project focused on pharmacology, physiology and biol  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and U.S. Representatives Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Bill Keating (D-MA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) urged Congressional leaders to bring their bipartisan, bicameral Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act to the Senate and House floors. This legislation would expand the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) authority to transfer to Ukraine th  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- and more than 20 of her colleagues are pressing the U.S. Department of Education to address ongoing issues stemming from recent changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) formula that are impacting students from family farms, particularly those who are continuing their education  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Mike Flood (R-NE-01) today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve competition in the U.S. food system, support regional producers and food businesses, and help bring down food costs. In May 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the creation of 12 new Regional Food Business Centers to create more resilient  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $20 million to Langley Square II Apartments in Hampton, Virginia under the Department's Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). This grant was funded under the Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Biden in August  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott joined Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) and fellow Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force Co-Chairs Representatives Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Andy Harris (R-Md.), as well as Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), sent a letter to the Principals' Staff Committee of the Chesapeake Executive Council emphasizing the need for continued commitment to the goals of the 2014 Chesap  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: VIDEO OF KAINE AVAILABLE HERE Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey: "The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has opened  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $7,976,508 in federal funding to support infrastructure improvements in the City of Suffolk, Franklin and Bedford Counties, and the Town of Rocky Mount. The funding was awarded through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grant program, which received historic levels of support from the Bipartisan Inf  more