WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Capito Secures West Virginia Priorities in Committee-Passed Labor-H Funding Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), yesterday announced that priorities for West Virginia were included in the bipartisan Fiscal   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine to Force Up to Six Votes Demanding Human Rights Reports After Trump's Cruel Deportation of Immigrants to Random Countries * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), announced his filing of legislation to force up to six votes to require the Trump Administration to produce assessments of the human rights situations in Costa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Curtis, Kaine, Ricketts Announce Bipartisan Bill to Support Taiwan's Diplomatic Partners in Latin America and Caribbean * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Utah's U.S. Senator John Curtis, Virginia's U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and Nebraska's U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts today introduced bipartisan legislation to support Taiwan and its diplomatic partners in Latin America and t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Introduces Bill to Lower Cost of College * Bill would lower cost of college for current and future student borrowers and their families As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) introduced the Lowering Obstacles to Achievement Now  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Introduces Bill to Lower Cost of College Today, Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) introduced the Lowering Obstacles to Achievement Now (LOAN) Act. The LOAN Act would lower the cost of college for current and future student borrowers and their families.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on July Jobs Report * As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (link is external) announced that the economy added 73,000 jobs in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on July Jobs Report Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 73,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.1 percent t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on Trump Firing Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics * As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after President Trump announced the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Scott Statement on Trump Firing Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after President Trump announced the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. "The Bureau of Labo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Senator Justice Highlights Correct Assessment of State Surplus and Fiscal Health Today's report highlighting a surplus of $338.5 million is consistent with what was predicted upon Justice's departure from the Governor's office * Today, Senator Jim Justice released a statement highlighting the surplus reported by the State of West Virginia: "It ain't bragging if you're right, a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement of U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner on President Trump's Firing of the Head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance and Banking committees, issued the below statement after President Trump announced he fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, following today's jobs report: "Today's deep  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Blasts Economy With Massive Tariffs As Job Growth Craters And Inflation Spikes * This morning the July jobs report showed that the U.S. labor market slowed markedly in the second quarter of 2025, with only 106,000 total jobs added, an average of just 35,000 jobs per month over the last three months. Most job growth during this period came in two sectors, health care and social assistance, which w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine React to NTSB Hearing Regarding Deadly DCA Crash: Congress Must Act to Reduce Flights, Improve Safety * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding this week's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing about the fatal January 29 crash near DCA. Yesterday, Potomac radar facility manager Bryan Leh  more