Wednesday - March 12, 2025
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Saturday January 18, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Capito Announces West Virginia's Approval to Permit Class VI Well Carbon Capture Projects
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Announces West Virginia's Approval to Permit Class VI Well Carbon Capture Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted West Virginia the authority to oversee and administer the Class VI well program in the stat  more

Kaine Statement on Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after a hostage return and ceasefire deal was reached to end the war between Israel and Hamas, pausing the conflict which started after Hamas' horrific terrorist attack in Israel on October  more

Kaine, Connolly, and Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect the Civil Service from Politicization
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Connolly, and Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect the Civil Service from Politicization WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) reintroduced the Saving the Civil Service Act. The bipartisan legislation would protect the federal w  more

Warner on Proposed Special Registration Rule for Telehealth Prescribing
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner on Proposed Special Registration Rule for Telehealth Prescribing WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the statement below on a new proposed rule by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) governing the use of telemedicine to prescribe controlled substances. This proposal follows years of advocacy by Sen. Warner, who has been outspoken  more

Warner Urges Federal Agencies to Disclose and Secure their AI Use
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Urges Federal Agencies to Disclose and Secure their AI Use U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, urged the leaders of federal departments and agencies to promote data collection and transparency around their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). In a series of letters to 23 department and agency heads, he emphasized the critical impo  more