WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, 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), announced an award from the U.S. Department of Education (Education) for Education Alliance in Charleston, W.Va. This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spendi  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, recently joined 34 Members of Congress in filing a bicameral amicus brief in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v. SEC requesting the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacate the agency's climate disclosure rule. U.S. Senator Kev  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, the Congressional Offshore Wind Caucus announced its new bipartisan leadership slate ahead of its first meeting led by the new co-chairs with industry and policy stakeholders later this week. The Offshore Wind Caucus is now led by Co-Chairs: Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24)Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY-04)Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY-01)Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC-02)Rep. Bobby Sc  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after Dr. Siavash Sobhani was finally granted US citizenship in a naturalization ceremony on June 1, 2024. As first reported by the Washington Post, when Dr. Sobhani applied for a passport renewal in February of 2023, he was informed that he was mistakenly granted citizenship at birth and was no longer considered a US citizen, despite l  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Joe Manchin (I-West Virginia) and U.S. Representatives Brendan Boyle (D-Pennsylvania), Bill Keating (D-Massachusetts) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) 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. Depart  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $2,140,321 grant to the Martinsville-based GENEDGE Alliance through their Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "GENEDGE Alliance has an established track record of supporting Virginia's manufacturing industry, including firm  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton's (D-VA) Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act, which aims to help Korean Americans reconnect with the families they left behind in North Korea decades ago in the wake of the Korean War. Wexton led the bipartisan legislation alongside Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA), which was passed by the House on the 74  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- 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 $768,842 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program for eight projects across West Virginia. The funding will support developing renewable energy systems for West Virginia farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses as well as purchasing and installing various  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Committee Hearing on reauthorizing Title IV-B, a program that serves children and youth in foster care, to help strengthen child welfare. Image Congresswoman Miller began her remarks by highlighting the Ways and Means Committee's efforts to address challenges within the child welfare system. "I want to thank all fou  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: NATO is "brain dead." NATO is "obsolete." NATO is "a relic of the Cold War." These are the familiar tropes espoused by NATO's critics who have become drowned out by the Russian onslaught in Ukraine. With Putin's brutal invasion, the march of authoritarianism has quickened its step. NATO, however, has responded with a demonstration of unity and resolve capable of redefining the future of the Allianc  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: During today's House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America's Children," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) asked children's advocate and hearing witness Paris Hilton about seclusion and restraint in schools. Beyer sponsors the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to ban seclusion and dangerous restraint practices from being used on children in American schools. Paris  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Tammy Wildgoose and her husband wanted to build a family. After a year and a half without success, Wildgoose was diagnosed with infertility and they turned to in vitro fertilization. But there was a problem -- her health insurance wouldn't cover it. Without that coverage, the process was financially out of reach. So Wildgoose decided to take a second job with Amazon on top of her regular, full-tim  more