WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Bipartisan Effort to Expedite Disaster Assistance to Farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, urging the department to quickly publish clear guidelines on administering disaster relief aid for farmers. The letter was led by U.S. Senators Ted   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Bennet Reintroduce Credit for Caring Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for e  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Gary Johnson, vice president of Granite Construction Inc., on behalf of the Transportation Construction Coalition, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse and members of the committee, thank you for convening today's hearing to examine the Infrastructure Investment   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Participates in Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on Securing Quality Care for Patients Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing titled "After the Hospital: Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care" for an overview of Congress' current efforts to secure quality care for patients outside of the hos  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * "Thank you for joining us this morning to continue our oversight of the implementation of the IIJA. Today, our focus is on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, one of the foundational components o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito, for this hearing, and thank you, to our three witnesses for testifying. "Infrastructure Week" had grown into a long-running and unfortunate joke until four years ago, when Dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Summary of Special Engage Session on "Remote Sensing and the Future of Earth Observations" Introduction On October 16, 2024, a special session of the NASA Goddard Engage series took place in the Goett Auditorium (Building 3) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The Engage series is intended to explain work at GSFC in an immersive and nontechnical setting. GSFC's Office of Communications, Earth Sciences Division,   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Two Men Convicted of Drug Trafficking in Monongalia County CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury convicted two individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that was distributing illegal drugs in North Central West Virginia. Frank Brown, 35, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Rex Jenkins, 32, of Southfield, Michigan,   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 12 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Treasurer Pack Announces Winning Bid From First Online Firearms Auction In Office History State Treasurer Larry Pack today announced the winning bid amount for the first online firearms auction in Office history was $26,150 placed from a registered federal firearm licensed (FFL) dealer in Pennsylvania. More than 50 bid submissions from licensed dealers spa  more