WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Environment Hearing on the Beneficial Use of Coal Ash Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled A Decade Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmen  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Republicans Rubberstamp Trump's Project 2025 Agenda by Voting for Bills that Undermine Protections for Students, Workers, and Their Families Today, Committee Republicans advanced three education bills, two health care bills, and one labor bill that would limit students' access to high-quality education, undermine the Afforda  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Delegation Requests Documents and Demands Answers on Detention of Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri * U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and 21 additional Members of Congress demanded relevant documentation and information related to the arrest and detention of Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri. In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $1,068,364 HHS Grant to Scott County Public School Head Start * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Scott County Public School Head Start, based in Weber City, Virginia, a $1,068,364 grant. The funding supports head start and early head start projects. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Local communities in  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Files Amendments to Dangerous Republican Budget Megabill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced his amendments to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' budget megabill in an attempt to thwart the legislation's most catastrophic impacts. The partisan proposal--which Republicans are ramming through Congress usin  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Subramanyam's Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on the National Guard State Partnership Program Below is an opening statement, as prepared for delivery, from Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs. The remarks   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith Op-Ed: Democratic climate policies drive up blackout risk The following op-ed by Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, appeared in the Washington Examiner this week. "The intense heat wave battering the United States pushes Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Introduces Amendment to Prioritize Aviation Safety, Honor Victims of DCA Tragedy * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) has filed an amendment to the GOP tax and spending 'reconciliation' package to ensure that any increased lease payments from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) are reinvested directly into aviation safety and security at Ronald Reagan Washington Na  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Highlights How Republicans' Cruel Tax Bill Hurts Working Americans to Help the Ultra-Wealthy: "It's going to inflict bipartisan pain." * Health care, community hospitals, food assistance, jobs are on the line WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to reveal how Republicans' disastrous tax and spending bill will force millions of working A  more