WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Bhattacharya to Lead NIH WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm Jay Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): "As Ch  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Asks EPA, FWS Nominees about Regulatory Certainty, West Virginia Priorities WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the nominations of Brian Nesvik to be Director of the Un  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider EPA, FWS Nominations WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing on the nominations of Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States F  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Kustoff Introduce Bill to Keep Cellphones Out of Jails Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 March 26, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025, legislation which would prevent inmates from using contraband cellphone use in prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cellphone  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Colleagues Reintroduce the Fair Access in Residency Act Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Don Davis (D-NC) in reintroducing the bipartisan Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act. This legislation seeks to ensure that taxpayer-funded physician residency training pro  more