WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * While Musk Peddles Fear and Mass Firing of Federal Workers, Republican Iowa Governor Touts State Reforms With "Absolutely No Layoffs * * * Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in calling out the Trump Administration for its   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer On Resignation Of Marko Elez: "'DOGE' Should Be Deleted" Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the country, issued the following statement today on the reported resignation of racist "DOGE" employee Marko Elez, who had previously been granted access to U.S. Treasury payment systems: "This is a scan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Statement On Federal Court Ruling Temporarily Blocking "Deferred Resignation" Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district with one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in the country, issued the following statement today after a federal judge paused the Elon Musk-authored offer of "deferred resignation" to all federal workers: "The offer of so-called '  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Bicameral Delegation Reintroduces the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act for the 119th Congress Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) reintroduced the landmark, bicameral bill, Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, during the 119th Congress. This pivotal legislation would codify commonsense protections for immigrant communities at sensitive locations amid the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Call for Quick Implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of 27 Senate colleagues in letter--led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. (R-La.)--to Acting Social Security Administrator Michelle King calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Democrats from Court Packing the Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 17 of her Republican Senate colleagues--led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)--to introduce a constitutional amendment to maintain a total of nine Supreme Court justices on the bench at a time. Once a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * EPW Committee Unanimously Passes Brownfields, Recycling Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields program, and the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STE  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith and Latta Celebrate House Passage of HALT Fentanyl Act, Commend House GOP Leadership The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act. This bill, of which U.S. Congressmen Morgan Griffith and Bob Latta are chief sponsors, would permanently classify lethal fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I substances, closing   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Introduce Bipartisan Scientific Integrity Act Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) -- joined by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Don Beyer (VA-8), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and a total or more than 100 co-sponsors in the House -- today introduced the Scientific Integrity Act, bipartisan legislation that sets clear, enforceable standards for federal agencies and fed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Announces HELP Subcommittee Assignments for 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced his subcommittee assignments as a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Kaine will serve on the HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family and the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: "I'm looking forward to se  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Budd Introduce Bill to Incentivize Landowners to Participate in Military Land Use Program WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Ted Budd (R-NC) have introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Incentivizing REPI Sales Act of 2025, legislation which promotes military readiness by encouraging the land around military installations to be preserved for the military to train, test, and opera  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Warner Lead Colleagues in Raising Concerns about Virginia Community Health Centers' Delays in Accessing Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led 20 of their colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. regarding reports that Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) gr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Reschenthaler Co-Chair Congressional Appalachian Caucus Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) announced they will be co-chairing the Congressional Appalachian Caucus for the 119th Congress. "Appalachia is home to many hardworking Americans and a beautiful part of the United States," said Congresswoman Miller. "Abundant with natura  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Below is Ranking Member Shontel Brown's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation hearing on animal research and testing. Opening Statement Ranking Member Shontel Brown Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Te  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Members Connolly, Brown, and Rep. Ansari, Lead Oversight Democrats to Urge Government Watchdogs to Investigate Potential Threats to National Security Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Rep. Yassamin   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Deputy Inspec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: U.S. Representative John McGuire (VA-05), today voted in favor of H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act, legislation that permanently extends President Trump's 2018 Schedule I classification of fentanyl-related substances. "Fentanyl is crushing lives and families in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, our Commonwealth, and across our country," said Rep. John Mc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2025: Yesterday, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) participated in a ceremony at the White House as the President signed a new Executive Order to protect safety, fairness, and dignity in women's sports. This commonsense Executive Order upholds the promise of Title IX and gives women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports. The Congresswoman celebrated this historic mom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Reps. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee alongside Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Kaine Joins Senate Democrats in Holding Senate Floor to Protest Russell Vought's Nomination to Lead OMB, Citing Chaos Unleashed on Federal Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined his Democratic colleagues in holding the Senate floor to protest Russell Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), citing stories he has collected from fed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine Announce $540,000 in Federal Funding for Floyd County WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $540,000 in federal funding for Floyd County to expand high-speed broadband in the region. The funding was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine Announce $540,000 in Federal Funding for Floyd County WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $540,000 in federal funding for Floyd County to expand high-speed broadband in the region. The funding was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments that inn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Joins Colleagues In Demanding Secretary Bessent Meet With Senate Democrats To Bring Transparency And Clarity To "DOGE" Chaos At Treasury WASHINGTON - Today, Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Banking, Housin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Reappointed to Select Committee on China WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced his reappointment to serve on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the 119th Congress by Speaker Mike Johnson. The committee is responsible for assessing the threats to the economy and national security posed  more