WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Releases Statement on 2nd Anniversary of Attack on Israel * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the below statement on the two-year anniversary of the brutal attacks in Israel that killed more than one thousand innocent civilians, including American citizens: "Two years ago today, Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel and murdered 1,200  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 7: Senator Murray Blasts Trump and Vought's Latest Threats, Slams Republicans' Refusal to Get Serious About Tackling Health Care Costs Murray: "I know Republican leaders desperately want to ignore the looming health care crisis they caused. They have put their heads in the sand for months. They have spun wild  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Successfully Break Democrat Blockade of Crucial Law Enforcement Officials Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the Senate's confirmation of 16 U.S. Attorney nominees confirmed as part of a nominations package of 107 executive nominees. "U.S. Attorneys are an essential component of law enforcement - re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Senator Justice Celebrates Eight Years of Roads to Prosperity Today, Senator Jim Justice made a statement celebrating eight years since the beginning of his Roads to Prosperity initiative - an effort that has proven to be a massive success in the state: "Eight years ago, we made a promise to West Virginians to do something that had never been done before in our state. Roads to P  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Senator Moody Celebrates Religious Education Week Senator Ashley Moody joined Senator Lindsey Graham and her colleagues in cosponsoring a resolution designating this week, October 5 - 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week." This resolution celebrates the importance of religious instruction in the United States and recognizes the schools, churches and other organizations offerin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Compression Recovery Device for Delivering Electricity in Pipeline Systems ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- An inventor from Huntington, West Virginia, Eric D. Pyles has been awarded a patent (No. US 12435691 B2, initially filed May 31, 2024) for "Compression recovery device for delivering electricity in pipeline systems."   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 8 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Treasurer Pack Applauds Confirmation of Three West Virginians by the U.S. Senate Moore Capito, Matthew Harvey, Mike Stuart Confirmed * State Treasurer Larry Pack released the following statement after the adoption of S. RES. 412: "President Donald Trump has selected three great West Virginians to serve on behalf of the country and the people of our great stat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Presses Army General Counsel Nominee on Trump Administration's Efforts to Censor the Press * Warren: "Freedom of the press is a core pillar of our democracy, and the public needs to know if we're sending troops to war under false pretenses or exposing our troops to toxic water." Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.  more