WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith, Virginia House GOP Delegation Joint Op-Ed: Democratic Political Theater at Virginians' Expense Needs to End * As the U.S. government enters a third week of a shutdown, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) joined Republican members of the Virginia House delegation to publish a joint op-ed that addresses the Democratic Party's shutdown tactics, its impacts on the Commonwealth and the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Paul, Schiff to Force Vote Blocking Unauthorized War in Venezuela * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced a War Powers Resolution that would block the use of U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela, following reporting that the T  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Calls for GAO to Investigate Partisan Firings During Government Shutdown Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to investigate President Trump's use o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cline Leads 29 Colleagues in Requesting the ATF to Process National Firearms Act Forms During Shutdown * Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) led a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) urging the agency to uphold Second Amendment rights and continue processing National Firearms Act (NFA) applications during the ongoing government shutdown. He was joined by Reps. An  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Demands Administration Follow Law, Guarantee Back Pay for Furloughed Federal Workers * Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.-08) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.-05) in sending a bipartisan le  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2025: * * * Walkinshaw, Kaine, Murkowski, & Van Hollen Lead Colleagues in Urging Administration to Follow Law on Back Pay for Furloughed Federal Workers Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and Steny Hoy  more