WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined 11 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Countering Hate Against Israel by Federal Contractors Act. The legislation led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) would prohibit the federal government from contracting with entities who boycott the State of Israel. West Virginia and 36 other states have passed laws or regul  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- 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) is expanding the investigation into the Biden-Harris administration's attempt to leverage pension assets to support Big Labor. Today, Chairwoman Foxx sent letters to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and California Public Employees' Retirement   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released the following statement regarding the presidential election in Venezuela, in which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared himself the winner despite  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's new proposed Supreme Court reforms, which would impose term limits of 18 years on justices and create an enforceable ethics code: "I'm glad to see President Biden putting Supreme Court reform front and center. Most important item? A tough, enforceable and mandatory ethics standard for justices--not just a voluntary   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,041,383 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three West Virginia research projects. The funding will support bringing together scientists from across Appalachia to address the challenges flash floods pose to rural communities, as well as critical research on robotic systems. "The National Scien  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) released the following statement on the United States national debt surpassing $35 trillion, which equals roughly $104,000 for every person in the country. "As the Senate continues to work through government funding bills this week, it is important to keep in mind that annual appropriations represent just one-third of the federal budget. Interest payments on the d  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger backed an effort to force a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to protect access to family planning tools, like in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Spanberger signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the U.S. House floor on the Right to IVF Act. The Right to IVF Act -- which is an updated version of the Spanberger-backed Access to Family Buil  more