WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Bipartisan House Group Urges Senate Leaders to Include the House in Negotiations to Address Rising Health Care Costs * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, a bipartisan group of 30 House Republicans and Democrats sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to include House members in negotiations ahead of the promised health care vote in December to address the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Capito Applauds Trump Administration's Proposed Rule to Update WOTUS Definition Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of a proposed rule to modify the defini  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Moore Introduces Bill to Expand CBP's Advanced Training Facility in Harpers Ferry * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore introduced new legislation authorizing a land transfer between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the National Park Service (NPS), enabling a long-awaited expansion of the CBP Advanced Training Center (ATC) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Inmate Attack of VA Department of Corrections Officers * The Virginia Department of Corrections has announced that this morning an attack on corrections officers occurred at River North Correctional Center in Independence, Virginia. As a result of the attack, one officer reportedly has died, and a second officer was transported for outside medical treatment. Following thi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following opening remarks on Nov. 17, 2025, at a hearing on energy, D.C. reforms and denouncing socialism: * * * As prepared for delivery: Good afternoon, the Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We have a lot of business to catch up on given that the Schumer Shutdown has concluded. Today, the Rules Committee i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan, Kiggans and Kelly Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate November as Prematurity Awareness Month * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswomen Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Jennifer Kiggans (VA-02) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced H.Res. 877, a bipartisan resolution to recognize November as Prematurity Awareness Month. Preterm birth poses severe health risks to mothers and the  more