WASHINGTON, July 17 -- 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 Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Greenbrier County Public Service District (PSD) No. 2. This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spen  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- 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 $379,981 grant for cancer treatment research. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "As science agencies find better ways to attack cancer cells, it is important to have critical institutions like Virginia Tech dedicate research to potential cancer treatments. "This grant for $379,981 he  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, released the following opening statement from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Confronting Union Antisemitism: Protecting Workers From Big Labor Abuses": * * * Today's hearing will examine the ways in which unions put politics over people through the lens of rampant union antisemitism. Unfortunately, the politicization of unions is not ne  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by Anne Marie Lofaso, a law professor at West Virginia University, from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Confronting Union Antisemitism: Protecting Workers From Big Labor Abuses": * * * Good Morning, Chairman Good, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. My name is Anne Marie Lofaso. I am a law professor   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed the Biden administration today for its decision, once again, to put the interests of illegal immigrants ahead of the success of American students. In a new rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Education aims to allow illegal immigrants to access   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and 16 of their Senate colleagues, introduced the No Tax Breaks for Drug Ads Act, legislation that would prohibit pharmaceutical drug manufacturers from claiming tax deductions for expenses on advertising directly to consumers. Under current law, drug manufacture  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- 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 $4,737,497 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Community Action of South East West Virginia's Head Start Program in Mercer County. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotional development,   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger and Members of Virginia's congressional delegation urged Governor Glenn Youngkin to take the necessary steps to allow Virginians the option of using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File program to file their future tax returns. The U.S. Treasury Department piloted Direct File during the 2024 filing season for a small sample of states, not including Vir  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), applauded the Committee's passage of their Military Personnel Confirmation and Restoration Act, which was included as part of the Committee version of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bipartisan legislation would provide back pay for mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation announced today that they have written to Governor Glenn Youngkin urging him to take the necessary steps to allow Virginians the option of using the IRS Direct File program to file their future tax returns. The Treasury Department piloted Direct File for 2023 returns in a smaller group of states, which did not include Virginia, with strong positive fee  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Members of Virginia's congressional delegation announced today that they have written to Governor Glenn Youngkin urging him to take the necessary steps to allow Virginians the option of using the IRS Direct File program to file their future tax returns. The Treasury Department piloted Direct File for 2023 returns in a smaller group of states, which did not include Virginia, with strong positive feedback from a  more