WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Martinsville-Henry Coalition for Health and Wellness a $873,542 grant. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This September, I visited and toured the Bassett Health Center that operates as part of Connect Health + Wellness. "This grant for more than $873,000 helps Connect Health + Wellness provid  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: In an op-ed published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail over the weekend, 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), highlighted the successes in West Virginia's fight against the addiction crisis and work still left to be done. This follows the West Virginia  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) applauded the announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), that the H-2B visa cap will be supplemented with nearly 65,000 additional nonagricultural worker visas for Fiscal Year 2025. Senator Manchin urged the agencies to release these visas, which represent the maximum permitted under the authority,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV), Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and several of their colleagues in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee released a request for information from relevant stakeholders on biofuel tax policy. The so-called Inflation Reduction Act, enacted in 2022, made significant modifications to biofuel tax policy without any Republican inp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following the bipartisan, bicameral Social Security Fairness Act's passage in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Garret Graves (R-LA-06), and U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) -- the legislation's sponsors -- urged U.S. Senate leadership to follow suit and bring their legislation up for a vote as swiftly as possible. On T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: We're sorry. The page you requested cannot be found. The address may have been typed incorrectly or the page may have been moved during the recent redesign of our site. Thank you. *** Original text here: https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/senators-kaine-coons-cassidy-tillis-applaud-passage-of-the-building-on-reemployment-improvements-to-deliver-good-employment-bridge-for-workers-act  more