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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Wednesday November 20, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Capito Secures DOL Grant to Support West Virginia Mine Safety and Health Training
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- 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 grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training. This grant will support prog  more

Energy & Natural Resources Committee Clears Record Amount of Pending Legislation as Manchin Leads Last Business Meeting as Chairman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held their last business meeting of the 118th Congress and cleared a record number of 75 pieces of legislation pending before the committee. The business meeting also marked Senator Joe Manchin's (I-WV) last as chairman of the committee, on which he has served since he was elected t  more

In Case You Missed It: Capito, Colleagues Introduce Stand with Israel Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 33 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Stand with Israel Act. This legislation, which was led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), would cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Is  more

U.S. Senate Committee Passes Amata's Bill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Chairman Manchin Voices Supports and Recalls His Welcome in American Samoa Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming passage by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee of her bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. In Tuesday's Senate Committee business meeting led by Chairman Joe Manchin of West Virginia, he thanked her for attending, expressed support for the bill, and recal  more