HENRICO, Virginia, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's Growing Climate Solutions Act, which aims to remove barriers for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to participate in the voluntary carbon credit marketplace. The Growing Climate Solutions Act would create a certification program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help solve technical entry barriers that prevent farmer and forest landown more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement regarding the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. "While I have supported an orderly withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan, President Biden and his Administration have botched America's exit. The problem was not withdrawing American troops, but that the President's team did not have an adequate plan to see it through. "Due to a gross misjudgment by the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Taliban takeover of the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. "I am concerned by the rapid fall of the recognized Afghan government and the repercussions that it will have for our allies and the overall stability of the region. There will be time for recriminations and justified tough questions on how this happened. For now, we must focus on the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-02) today issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. "The quick and total collapse of the Afghanistan government to the Taliban is a disastrous development for the region. "The Taliban is a terrorist regime that bears responsibility for one of the most heinous and violent attacks on America. "President Biden's July 8th comment that 'the likelihood there's going to be the Taliba more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: Earlier today, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, convened a virtual roundtable with presidents and other officials from local institutions of higher education. The roundtable was a chance for college and university officials to discuss how they responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, how their institutions utilized federal funding made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter: To: The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona: I write regarding the U.S. Department of Education's(Department) authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to hold owners, executives, and board members of defunct for profit and converted for-profit colleges individually responsible for liabiliti more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. "20 years ago, the United States entered Afghanistan to destroy the forces responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. We largely finished that work when the Obama-Biden Administration killed Osama Bin Laden and degraded al Qaeda. "Our servicemembers have been placed in harm's way for the last 20 years in America's longest more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan Website for Economies of Business-friendly States (WEBS) Act of 2021 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The WEBS Act would direct the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to establish a publicly available webpage that provides information about the business climate of each state. This would help highlight pro-business states, like West Virginia, as des more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement on Afghanistan: "What we are seeing unfold in Afghanistan is devastating. At this time, we must do everything we can to prioritize the evacuation of U.S. personnel, Afghan partners, journalists, women leaders, activists, human rights defenders, and others. I am in close communi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the below statement on Afghanistan. "The images from Afghanistan that we've seen in recent days are devastating. "We went into Afghanistan to defeat al-Qa'ida and eliminate their safe harbor after September 11, 2001. Two decades later, the price of our longest war has been tremendous. We're on track to spend $2 trillion on a conflict that more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2021: * * * "Earlier today, the Taliban entered the Afghan capital of Kabul. We watched as the democratically-elected President was forced to flee the country. We watch as our Armed Forces continue to rapidly evacuate our embassy. And sadly, we will likely soon be forced to watch as the Taliban execute, maim, torture thousands of civilians, and forcibly marry thousands of Afghan women. "It cannot be said that this outcome was planned or inev more PR