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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Friday November 15, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Connolly Calls on Speaker Johnson to Release Matt Gaetz Ethics Committee Report
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, called on Speaker Mike Johnson to release the Ethics Committee report on its investigation into Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Gaetz, who was nominated to be Attorney General by President-elect Donald Trump, resigned from Congress just days before the Ethics Committee was reportedly set to rel  more

Connolly Joins More than 80 Lawmakers in Bicameral Push Urging Biden Administration to Sanction Members of the Netanyahu Government, Others for Actions to Incite Violence, Expand Settlements in the West Bank
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Representative Sean Casten (IL-06), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), in announcing their efforts to press the Biden Administration to hold members of the Netanyahu Government specifically Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itama  more

House Passes Amata-Cosponsored Social Security Fairness Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming House passage this week of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, which she cosponsored. The bill would eliminate two provisions of the Social Security Act that unfairly reduce benefits for more than 2 million Americans who have had public service careers, such as police officers, firefighters, educators and government employ  more

Manchin Announces $30.5 Million to Support Low Carbon Transportation Projects Across West Virginia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- 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 $30,585,808 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to upgrade and improve West Virginia transportation infrastructure using low carbon materials. The funding is made possible through DOT's Low Carbon Transportation Materials Program. "I'm pleased that DOT is investing more than $30.5 million to m  more

Rep. Good Bill Seeks to Develop America Workforce
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Developing America's Workforce Act. This legislation would reinstate Trump Administration apprenticeship policies to develop skilled workers for employers to bolster the American economy without piling on more college debt. "Colleges and universities are failing our students, saddling them with thousands of dollars in student loan debt and sending them into the workf  more

VIDEO: Capito Elected to Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito's full remarks. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the below statement after she was unanimously elected by acclamation by her Senate Republican colleagues to serve as the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee (RPC). For the last two years, Senator Capito has served as the Vice Chairman of the Senate Republic  more

Warner Pushes for Bipartisan Bill to Get Immediate Relief for Small Businesses Impacted by Helene
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today spoke on the Senate floor to advocate for a bipartisan bill that would allow the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to continue paying out disaster assistance loans to small businesses. On Oct. 15, SBA announced that they had run out of funding in their disaster loan program shortly after Hurricane Helene devastated small businesses across the Southeast, leaving tens of  more