WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Urges ICE To Improve Treatment Of Detained Scholar Badar Khan Suri U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reevaluate its detention of his constituent, Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri. In a letter, Beyer urged ICE to consider Dr. Khan Suri's eligibility for release and to reevaluate his custody classification. Dr. Khan Sur  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on President Trump Executive Order Targeting Gain-of-Function Research U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to halt U.S. federal funding of gain-of-function research in overseas countries, like China and Iran, without proper oversight measures. In response to the Executive Order, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Presid  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * House Passes Connolly-Kim Taiwan International Solidarity Act Today, the House of Representatives passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA). The legislation counters Beijing's attempts to exclude Taiwan from participating in international organizations. "For too long, the People's R  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * House Passes Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act Today, the House of Representatives passed the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ). The legislation makes it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Beyer Fights For Feds As Elon Musk and the Trump Administration expand their chaotic assault on the federal government and the workers and contractors who deliver its essential services to the American people, Northern Virginia Congressman Don Beyer continues to fight for civil servants who devote their careers to making this country stronger. On Thursday, Beyer announced the introduction of two  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Demand DOJ Reverse Cancellation of Hundreds of Public Safety Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 28 of his Senate colleagues wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi and Deputy Assistant AG Maureen Henneberg to reverse the abrupt cancellation of hundreds of public safety grants that serve crime victims and improve publi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Connolly, Stansbury and Equality Caucus Co-Chair Randall Lead Oversight Democrats in Blasting Chairman Comer for Ignoring White House Corruption & Chaos and Using the First Subpoena of 119th Congress to Target the Volunteer Chair of U.S. Fencing Committee Democrats Call for Real Oversight While Republican  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following opening remarks on May 5, 2025, at a House Rules Committee hearing on the Gulf of America Act (H.R. 276) and DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act (H.R. 881): * * * Foxx Opening Remarks on H.R. 276 & H.R. 881 As prepared for delivery: Good afternoon, the Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to decla  more