WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * Committee Democrats Demand Transparency after Trump Proposes to Eliminate Office that Supports Seniors and Americans with Disabilities Lawmakers are demanding transparency--failure to act will force this crucial issue to the House floor for a vote. WASHINGTON - Today, Committee Democrats are forcing Committee Repub  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund Today, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC), the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, reintroduced the Modernizing Government T  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces Nearly $6 Million to Virginia for Helene Relief The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded three Hurricane Helene-related grants to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The grants will help the Washington County Service Authority repair and replace waterline that serves Washington County and the Town of Damascus, Virginia. The gr  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Defends Department Of Education In Court Washington, D.C. -- The Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force led 192 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration's efforts to close the Department of Education in the matter of the State of New York v. Linda McMahon.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Hagerty Urge Mexican Government to Cease Unfair Treatment of U.S.-Based Vulcan Materials Company WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA) and U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) pressed Mexican Secretary of Economy Ebrard Casaubon to address the country's unfair treatment of the U.S.-based V  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Threat to Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to El Salvador Prison WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA) and 25 of his Senate colleagues demanded in a letter to President Donald Trump that he immediately rescind the illegal and dangerous claim that he may trans  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Federal Judge Blocking Trump Voter Suppression Measures Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Senior District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked parts of President Trump's executive order to restrict voter registration, threatening millions of Americans' fundamental right to vote: "Today's decision af  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Democrats Demand Answers After CDC Whistleblower Exposes Trump Administration Eliminated Agency's Entire FOIA Office Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez demanding answers after the Committee was provided with reports of the elim  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Oversight Democrats Demand Answers After CDC Whistleblower Exposes Trump Administration Eliminated Agency's Entire FOIA Office Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevent  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: Capito Tours Constellium Plant JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, traveled to Jackson County, W.Va. today to meet with Constellium's leadership team, including CEO Jean-Marc Germain, and tour the facility. During the visit, Senator Capito sat down with Constellium's leadership to discuss the ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly's Statement on President Trump's Hypocritical Memorandum on Campaign Fundraising Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's hypocr  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Warner, Kaine Call for Stronger Oversight of Nursing Homes Following Troubling Reports in Colonial Heights WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct enhanced oversight of nursing homes and implement stronger safeguards to protect seniors in the wa  more