WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Blasts Trump Administration's Illegal, Unconstitutional Funding Freeze Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the senior House Democrat on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration's illegal freeze of funding previously obligated by Congress: "Donald Trump's freeze on federal funds for medical research, disaster relief, student aid, child care, nutriti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Bessent for Treasury Secretary WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Scott Bessent to serve as the next Secretary of the Treasury. "The American people, frustrated with the high cost of living and barriers to growth, elected President Trump to restore strength and confidence in the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Whitehouse Announce EPW Subcommittee Assignments for the 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "Each of these subcommittees play an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on OMB Memo In response to a memo submitted by President Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "The White House's OMB issued guidance via memorandum that agencies temporarily place a pause, to the extent permitted by law, on grant, loan or federal financial assistance programs that are implicated  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the Board. "The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal age  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after releasing a report card on President Trump's first week in office, highlighting Trump's numerous wins for the billionaire class at the expense of the American people: "P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration revealed its latest attempt to push out nonpartisan federal workers, this time through a deferred resignation: "Donald Trump is trying every tri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget ordered a sweeping freeze on all federal grants and loans--potentially halting public programs relied on by millions of Americans. "P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Young, Reed & Marshall Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Mental Health Resources for Health Care Providers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Todd Young (R-IN), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provid  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Federal Court Stay of Trump-Vance Administration Illegal Federal Funding Freeze Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump-Vance Administration's freeze on federal grants and loans: "I applaud Judge AliKhan's order blocking the Trump-Vance Administration's hasty a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, reintroduced the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act to codify recommendations made by the Postal Service Office of Inspector Gen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * After Pledging to Maintain Merit-Based System for Federal Employment, Trump's Acting AG Prioritizes Political Loyalty Over Merit * * * Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and are demanding a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on her appointment by President Trump to the Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency that was established by an executive order on January 24th of this year. "The FEMA bureaucracy is failing the citizens of western North Carolina. I wholeheartedly agree with President Trump's sentiment that if w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) implemented a freeze on all federal grants and loans, which could disrupt public programs that millions of Americans depend on. "People have been calling my office scared, concerned, and rightfully confused  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "Each of these subcommittees play an important role in developing solutions tha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine Blast Trump Order to Illegally Stop All Federal Grants and Loans WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today blasted the Trump administration for halting all federal grants and loans disbursed by the federal government in a statement: "President Trump's reckless and illegal order to stop all federal grant and loan programs will have an immediate an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine Blast Trump Order to Illegally Stop All Federal Grants and Loans WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today blasted the Trump administration for halting all federal grants and loans disbursed by the federal government in a statement: "President Trump's reckless and illegal order to stop all federal grant and loan programs will have an immediate and profo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand that Trump Exempt Veterans Affairs Employees from Hiring Freeze WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a group of their Senate colleagues in demanding that President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from President Trump's Executive Order to institute an immediate hiring freeze acr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand that Trump Exempt Veterans Affairs Employees from Hiring Freeze WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a group of their Senate colleagues in demanding that President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from President Trump's Executive Order to institute an immediate hiring freeze across the  more