WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer, Mullin, and Schiff Introduce Legislation to Incentivize Standardized Emissions Disclosures, Champion Greater Transparency for Environmental Footprint * U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA) introduced the Standardized Calculation of Operational Polluting Emissions (SCOPE) Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish voluntary guidance for companie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Secures CDS Award for Corporation of Harpers Ferry * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) allocation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Corporation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Economic Prosperity, Strengthen CDFI Fund * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today introduced the bipartisan "Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development (AFFORD) Act." The AFFORD Act will provide added transparency over CDFI Fund operations and strengthen its role in improving  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * DMV Senators Introduce Legislation to Support Chesapeake Bay Restoration * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act to reauthorize the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay O  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * DMV Senators Introduce Legislation to Support Chesapeake Bay Restoration * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act to reauthorize the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office (  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Kiggans, Magaziner Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Preserve America's Historic Battlefields * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) introduced the American Battlefield Protection Program Amendment Act of 2026 to extend and increase federal resourcing for the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) through 2035. This legislation will continue the important work  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott on DOL's Radical Independent Contractor Rule that Robs Workers of Overtime Pay and Fair Wages Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule (https://www.fede  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Subramanyam Statement on VA Rescinding Rules on Disability Ratings * WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) released the following statement r egarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) planned rescission of its recently published Interim Final Rule (IFR), which changed how veteran disability ratings would be evaluated: "This is welcome news. The VA reversed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * UVA Today: Public Opinion Is the Strongest Political Force, Pelosi Tells UVA Audience * Charlottesville, Va. - On Wednesday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi discussed the enduring power of public opinion and the "goodness of the American people" during forums at the University of Virginia, arguing that civic engagement remains the strongest safeguard of American democracy. Hosted in the historic Rot  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Applauds Committee Passage of Bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity Legislation * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today applauded the passage of the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Warner along with Committee chair Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and a bipar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Daines, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Economic Prosperity, Strengthen CDFI Fund * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) today introduced the bipartisan "Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development (AFFORD) Act." The AFFORD Act will provide added transparency over CDFI Fund operations and strengthen its role in improving capital a  more