WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), was signed into law. The bill, which passed the U.S. Senate in May, aims to unite the federal government in a mission to cure and prevent Parkinson's, alleviate financial and he  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: "American democracy is under homegrown attack. The Supreme Court has yet again intervened to protect Donald J. Trump - a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and twice-impeached former President. This is a shameful decision, and one that will haunt us for years to come." *** Original text here: https://connolly.house.gov/news/doc  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 2, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Biden's proposed heat rule to regulate both indoor and outdoor workplaces: "The Biden administration is at it again, pushing another one-size-fits-all regulation that will have unintended consequen  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) led a letter to Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Director Tony Dearman, conducting oversight into alleged misconduct involving the Haskell Indian Nations University (  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today is again demanding accountability for Columbia University administrators after releasing text messages received as part of the Committee's ongoing antisemitism investigation that show the disparaging and dismissive attitudes Columbia's administrator  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- 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 July 2, 2024: On Tuesday, July 9, 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 "Confronting Union Antisemitism: Protecting Workers from Big Labor Abuses." "Unions have been hijacked by radical activists who spend v  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) led a letter to Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Director Tony Dearman, conducting oversight into alleged misconduct involving the Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and th  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- 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 senators - led by U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) - in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule that targets U.S. businesses that support Americans' exercise of their Secon  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- 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 $16,052,683 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) for three Head Start programs operated by the North-Central West Virginia Community Action Association, the Eastern Panhandle Instructional Cooperative, and the Greenbrier County Board of Education. Head Start promotes educ  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV -- Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,155,784 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to 36 West Virginia counties with federal lands within their county lines. These payments are made annually to help defray the  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States: "Today, the Supreme Court drastically shifted the relationship and power dynamic between the Office of the President of the United States, the judicial branch, and the American people. The Court asserts that all of a President's official acts - the exercise of "  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: NORTHERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today made several stops in the Northern Panhandle focused on economic development and community revitalization. First, Senator Capito traveled to Wheeling, W.Va. where she met with representatives from the Regional Economic Development (RED) Partnership group for a working   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: ELKINS, W.Va. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, joined state and local officials in Elkins, W.Va. to break ground on Micrologic's broadband expansion project. This project, which is being spearheaded by the Randolph County Development Authority, in partnership with Micrologic, aims to  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Minority(link is external) Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule(link is external) aimed at mitigating health risks associated with heat exposure for America's workers, both indoors and outdoors. This initiative underscores the Biden  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) led his colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden, demanding that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) do not move forward with adopting the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as the minimum energy efficiency standard. In April of this year, HUD and USDA announced the adoption   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: On Tuesday, July 9, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- a former federal law enforcement officer -- will host an open, public telephone town hall focused on addressing community safety concerns and fostering dialogue between residents of Virginia's Seventh District and local law enforcement officials. The virtual event will also be livestreamed via video on Spanberger's congressio  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,155,784 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to 36 West Virginia counties with federal lands within their coun  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the statement below in response to new Department of Education guidance for individuals affected by joint consolidated student loans. This guidance follows longtime efforts by Sen. Warner to provide relief for individuals who previously consolidated their federal student loan debt with a spouse under a program that was created by Congress and subsequently eliminat  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the "Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act." The legislation, which was championed by Congresswoman Wexton and named in her honor, is the most significant action Congress has taken in decades to combat Parkinson's and related neurodegenerative diseases like Wexton's Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Wexton   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Norfolk, VA - Yesterday, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) was joined by Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Craig Crenshaw, Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones, Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer, and U.S. Navy officials for a roundtable discussion focused on continued revitalization efforts in Hampton Roads. Congressman Wittman  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) was recognized as a "Champion of Healthcare Innovation" by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), the leading health industry association representing healthcare companies from all sectors of healthcare, during the council's annual Innovation Expo on Capitol Hill in June. "Ensuring our healthcare providers have the most updated and effective tools and treatments is cr  more