WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Education Department announced temporary changes to the federal student aid verification process for the 2021-22 award year. The temporary changes will provide relief to hundreds of thousands of students and thousands of colleges who may be facing challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the reported appointment of Robert MacLean, the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Director of the Office of Law Enforcement and Security and former Chief of U.S. Park Police, to lead a newly created DOI task force charged with reviewing the Department's law enforcement policies: "Robert MacLean is the wrong person for this job, and I urge the Department of the Interior's lead more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021, after the Senate voted to confirm Julie Su as the deputy secretary of Labor: * * * "The global pandemic and forced shutdowns have upended businesses, workers, and jobs. "It is more important than ever for the Department of Labor leadership to promote freedom and opportunity not coercion and red tape, while effectively managing a $12 billion Departmental budget pr more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 14 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) congratulated Michael Paul Williams, a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary on issues of race and racial inequities in Richmond. Rep. McEachin delivered remarks on the House floor and presented him with an official congressional record celebrating Williams' achievement. "Mr. Williams has been a trailblazer and barrier breaker here in Rich more PR

HENRICO, Virginia, July 14 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger led the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from hurting hospitals and clinics that participate in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. Spanberger introduced the legislation alongside U.S. Representative David B. McKinley (R-WV-01). The bipartisan Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through (PROTECT) 340B Act is in response t more PR

STERLING, Virginia, July 14 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) hosted a roundtable to discuss the impacts on local families from the upcoming expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) advanced payments, which will be delivered to families beginning this Thursday, July 15th. "The expanded Child Tax Credit is a historic tax cut for working families that we passed as part of the American Rescue Plan," said Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. "Over 135,900 children in our district will be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business Network to discuss the latest on various infrastructure proposals, Democrats' plan to pump trillions more into the economy, and the ongoing southern border crisis. HIGHLIGHTS: ON DEMOCRATS' OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING: "$6 trillion is an enormous amount of money  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the nomination of Dr. Rahul Gupta to serve as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). "Dr. Rahul Gupta's nomination to serve as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy means someone with firsthand knowledge of the opioid crisis, especially in West Virginia, will be coordinating the national fight against the drug epid more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, a bill to improve the federal permitting process for some of the largest infrastructure projects and build on efforts to update this process in 2015. This bipartisan, common-sense bill will improve the fe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Ahead of the ninth anniversary of Cuban political reformer Oswaldo Paya's suspicious death, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to advance its efforts on this case without further delay. In 2013, Durbin sent a letter to previous Commission Executive Secretary Emilio Ic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to ensure equal pay for Americans who represent our country in global athletic competitions, like the Olympics, regardless of gender. Today, men and women can be paid differently for representing Team USA in the same sport. "When American athletes compete on the world stage, they represent our great nation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Rep. Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to prioritize the appointment of a new Inspector General at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), following the resignation of Inspector General Laura Wertheimer. Chairman Connolly first requested an investigation into Wertheimer's condu more PR