WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Statement On Fifth Straight Increase In Virginia's Unemployment Rate * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the top House Democrat on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, today expressed rising concern over Virginia's economy, after monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the Commonwealth's unemployment rate had risen for the fifth consecutive month. The   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Create Cybersecurity Office Related to Critical Infrastructure * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and John Curtis (R-Utah) in reintroducing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Policy and Cybersecurity Coordin  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Prior Authorization Reform Leads Applaud New HHS & CMS Announcement * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (PA-16), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), and Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), co-leads of the bipartisan Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, released the following joint statement after an announ  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 June 23, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced t  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Advocates for Coal Miner Health and Safety Protections in Hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, participated in a hearing entitled "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget." The hearing, which featured U.S. Department of Health and Hu  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Highlight Trump Administration Hypocrisy on National Debt While It Guts IRS, Pushes Giant Tax Cuts for Billionaires * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Angus King (I-ME), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Billy Long regarding the hypocrisy of their   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Previews Caroline County Agriculture Fair, Attends Cattle Show, Highlights Virginia Agriculture Ruther Glen, Va. -- Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07), the only Virginian on the House Agriculture Committee, previewed the Caroline County Agriculture Fair and attended the fair's annual cattle show alongside Caroline County Sheriff Scott C. Moser. "The Caroline County Agriculture Fair is a  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Speaks on Republicans' Bill to Block Access to Health Care and Close Hospitals Across Rural America: "There is still time to kill this bill--and I hope we do." * Welch Puts Spotlight on Vermont, West Virginia, and Tennessee in Remarks WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night took to the Senate floor to call on Congress to kill Republicans' disastrous budget bill, which w  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Joins Letter to House and Senate Leadership Reiterating Commitment to Protecting Medicaid Coverage for Vulnerable Populations * WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined a group of congressional colleagues in reiterating their commitment to protecting Medicaid coverage for vulnerable communities. While supporting reductions to federal spending, the letter urges that Me  more