WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Applauds Closure Of DCA Helicopter Route Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA), today applauded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) permanent closure of helicopter Route 4, which runs past DCA. The Army Black Hawk involved in a fatal collision with American Airlines Flight 5342 on January 29 th was flying on helicop  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Effort to Protect American Energy from Eco-terrorists WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a group of her Republican Senate colleagues in introducing the Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) that aims to protect American energy from eco-terrorists. Current federal law   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Pass HALT Fentanyl Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today voted to pass the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act, legislation she co-sponsored that would make permanent the temporary classification of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs as Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Drug overdoses, largely driven by fentanyl  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Duckworth, Collins, Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Girl Scouts of America WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)--co-chairs of the Girl Scouts' Honorary Troop Capitol Hill--introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 113th birthday of the Girl Scouts  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Votes Yes on Fotouhi and Szabo, Nominations Favorably Reported by EPW Committee WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted to advance the nominations of David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Aaron Szabo to be Assistant  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Moore Introduces Stop CCP VISAs Act Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore has just introduced new, groundbreaking legislation to halt the issuance of student visas to Chinese nationals. The Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act (Stop CCP VISAs Act) comes on the heels of several cases where Chinese students have been caught sp  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNScapv) -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly Joins Colleagues to Demand Answers Over Detention and Attempted Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Senate Passage of Government Funding Bill The U.S. Senate voted and passed a continuing resolution, H.R. 1968 - the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution now heads to President Trump's desk to avoid a government shutdown. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 14. Following passage of the continuing reso  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Colleagues Send Letter to U.S. Department of Commerce to Revisit Regulations on Hardwood Imports Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) sent a letter to the United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, asking   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Kaine Speaks on Senate Floor Blasting House Republican Funding Bill, Highlighting Republican Concerns Over Harmful National Security Impacts of the Bill BROADCAST-QUALITY VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke on the Senate floor to express his opposition to House Republicans' funding bill  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Vindman, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Block Congressional Pay During Defaults or Shutdowns WASHINGTON -- Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.-01) today introduced a bipartisan bill. The No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act would require Members of Congress to work without pay if a federal government shutdown occurs or the p  more