WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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 two awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve rural health services and emergency services for communities in West Virginia. These awards, which were secured t  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint meeting of Congress, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairs of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to President Biden to support a deal that ends the Gaza conflict, secures the return of all hostages, and ensures Isra  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress: "Prime Minister Netanyahu laid out the clearest case yet as to why it's vital to root out antisemitism here in America: not  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act, bipartisan legislation that would streamline access to life-saving medical care for children with complex medical conditions who receive care across state lines by eliminating unnecessary administrative work for health care providers. "Children   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced Patient Access to Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCH) Care Act which will help provide financial stability to the LTCH industry through multiple targeted reforms which provide adequate reimbursement to LTCHs for the highest-acuity patients. Joining Congresswoman Miller in introducing the Patient Access to LTCH Care Act are Representatives Adrian Smith (R-  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Miller's (R-WV) Helping HANDS for Families Act, introduced with Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), and Court Improvement Program Enhancement Act, introduced with Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) and Congressman Blake Moore (R-UT), both passed the Ways and Means Committee during a markup on a larger package to reauthorize Title IV-B, a child welfare funding program. Congresswoman Miller in  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) release of a report entitled, Mismanaged Surgical Privileging Actions and Deficient Surgical Service Quality Management Processes at the Hampton VA Medical Center in Virginia. "Unfortunately, the scathing OIG report released yeste  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support rural newspaper delivery by incentivizing on-time U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivery and limiting excessive rate increases for periodicals. USPS has consistently raised rates for periodicals under the guise of increased efficiency and improved service. In January 2021, the   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to create a bipartisan Task Force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. "As a former intelligence officer and former federal law enforcement officer, I remain stunned by the obvious security failures that enable  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on July 23, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Working Dog Caucus. Co-chaired by Congresswoman Kiggans and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01), the Caucus aims to promote the positive impact of working dogs and support federal policies that advance the integration of these canines in law enforcement, military, and mental health spaces. Working dogs actively d  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to rename the Purcellville, Virginia post office in honor of Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State who called Virginia home for many years. "We are proud to support the renaming of the Purcellville post office to honor former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright," said the senators. "Madele  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) led the third roundtable discussion of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Critical Minerals Policy Working Group. The discussion focused on forced labor and sustainability in critical mineral supply chains. In June, Rep. Wittman was appointed to lead the working group, which   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, which revealed mismanaged surgical service and deficient quality management at Hampton VA Medical Center: "I am disturbed to see the troubling findings in this report, including disregard for patient safety and failure to report multiple ca  more