WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2021, on the death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: * * * "The nation has lost one of its most fierce and effective champions for workers and their families. As a former coal miner, Richard Trumka deeply understood the power of the labor movement and the importance of defending workers' right to organize. "His commitment to improving the lives of workers and their families never waned and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial on a new McKinsey & Co. report confirming that school shutdowns severely harmed students, who on average were "four months behind in reading and five months behind in math." Teachers unions bare a significant portion of the blame for those bleak statistics. The Wall Street Journal wrote, "teachers unions were the main arch more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Rep. A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) led a letter to House and Senate Leadership calling for additional investments to support environmental justice initiatives and provide resources for low-income communities, communities of color, and indigenous and tribal communities. The letter was signed by Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), Nanette Diaz Barragan (CA-44), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Pra more PR

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney is seeking a Wounded Warrior or medically discharged veteran to serve as a Veteran's Constituent Services Representative in his Martinsburg District Office. The veteran chosen for this special Wounded Warrior Fellowship will work with military and veteran constituents. Work responsibilities will involve managing veterans-related casework, acting as a liaison between constituents and federal, state, and local a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced that she is leading the introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral bill to improve the federal government's understanding, measurement, and tracking of cybercrime. The federal government currently lacks an effective system to measure cybercrime. In 2018, a nonpartisan study from Gallup found that nearly one in four U.S. households were a victim of cybercrime -- making it the most com more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined Bloomberg TV's Balance of Power to discuss the latest on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. HIGHLIGHTS: ON WHERE THINGS STAND ON INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: "We are going to get it done. I think we have great bipartisan support. We've had 22 amendments that have been offered. Everybody's gettin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to expand opportunities for high school students to obtain college credit in an effort to make higher education more accessible and affordable. The Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (MEAA) would help improve high school and college graduation rates by expanding the use of existing grants to more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee to immediately reassess America's stance of monetary policy and begin to taper the Fed's ongoing stimulus in order to avoid saddling Americans with inflation taxes and overheating our economy. Senator Manchin said in part, "The Federal Reserve's (Fed) actions in response to the abrupt economic downturn in the spring of 2020 were instrument more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) urged West Virginians without health insurance to apply for coverage during the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Special Enrollment Period that ends in 10 days, on August 15th, 2021. Since the beginning of the year, more than 19,000 West Virginians have signed up for healthcare coverage under the ACA. "The Affordable Care Act Special Enrollment Period has been a lifeline for thousands of West Virginians and Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and its role in America's research and development ecosystem. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, highlighted efforts the U.S. Senate has recently taken to drive scientific innovation and stressed the need to continually invest in and s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,871,040 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs across West Virginia. "West Virginia's students deserve access to the resources and programs that put them on the best possible footing as they begin their education," Senator Cap more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $640,201 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two projects at West Virginia University (WVU). Specifically, $590,201 of this funding will be appropriated towards late-onset Alzheimer's disease research, while the remaining $50,000 in funding will support gen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,871,040 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs across West Virginia. "Investing in education at an early age creates the building blocks for success and benefits all of West Virginia. As a long-time supporter of Head Start programs, I am ple more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $640,201 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two projects at West Virginia University (WVU). Specifically, $590,201 of this funding will be appropriated towards late-onset Alzheimer's disease research, while the remaining $50,000 in funding will support genetic services i more PR