WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is following up on her previous request for a comprehensive review of telework and locality pay policies by demanding action from the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. This follows a USAID employee falsely using an office supply retailer's mailing address in Virginia to defraud the taxpayer by claiming   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) welcomed Rishi Nair of Blacksburg High School to D.C. today. As the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition from Virginia's Ninth Congressional District, Rishi's artwork Mabry Mill is now officially displayed in the U.S. Capitol. "The Ninth District is home to many talented artists," said Griffith. "Visitors from across the United States have the opportun  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, former NCAA swimmer and advocate Riley Gaines, and International Women's Forum chairwoman Heather Higgins to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the enactment of Title IX and discuss the import  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: The Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today welcomed U.S. Representative Michael Rulli (R-OH) as the newest member of the Committee. Rep. Rulli was sworn in to serve Ohio's Sixth Congressional District. "Representative Rulli will be a welcomed voice on our Committee as we work to im  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration": "Thank you to my fellow Subc  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined a group of her Senate Republican colleagues - led by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) - in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block President Biden's new Overtime Rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This Overtime Rule increases the minimum salary threshold fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Moyle v. United States, which dismissed the case, allowing Idaho doctors to perform some emergency abortions while the case is pending in the lower courts but leaving doctors and patients nationwide in limbo about the scope of their access to emergency abortion care: "This decision only temporarily pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- 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 $5,339,590 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) in States program through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). This program provides funding to help the state health department track and prevent nonfa  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- 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 $7,799,531 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Northern Panhandle Head Start program, which is based in Wheeling. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotional development, health and safe  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 8837, the Celestial Time Standardization Act, the first piece of federal legislation directing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies. United States leadership of a sustained presence on the Moon and in deep space is essential for advancing science, ex  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court formally released its decision in Moyle v. United States: "The Supreme Court's dismissal of this case is a relief for patients in Idaho, but falls short of what Americans deserve: an outright rejection of attacks on EMTALA. The conservative Justices on the Court failed to affirm patients' right to c  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on the challenges and disadvantages that rural health care providers face when trying to participate in value-based care models and where improvements can be made. Image Congresswoman Miller commended Dr. Sarah Chouinard, the Chief Medical Officer of Main Street Health, for her experien  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Life Act, the strongest bill protecting life in Congress, to outlaw abortion at the federal level. His legislation makes it a federal crime for a licensed medical professional who accepts federal funds to perform or prescribe an abortion at any point after fertilization. After celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Cong  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) led the inaugural roundtable discussion of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s newly established Critical Minerals Policy Working Group. Congressman Wittman was appointed last week to lead this working group, which aims to develop legislation and raise awareness through commit  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01)'s Veterans Collaboration Act advanced in the House Veterans Affairs Committee after receiving a favorable vote in the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. The bill will now be sent to the full committee for consideration. The Veterans Collaboration Act will establish a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program to foster collaboration between qualifi  more