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 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 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11287) on April 23, 2025, by attorney-adviser Brandon J. Murrill: * * * The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Reduction of the Voting Age (Part 2): History of Voter Age Qualifications This Legal Sidebar post is the second in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the federal and state governments from denying or abridging, on the   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 25 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on April 24, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Signs Lauren's Law, Increasing Penalties for Drug Dealing in West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey signed Senate Bill 196, known as Lauren's Law, to increase penalties for crimes involving fentanyl and other deadly substances in West Virginia. "Today, we're sending a message to the drug pushers trying to poiso  more