WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-06) and Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) urged Admiral Michelle Howard, Chair of the Naming Commission at the U.S. Department of Defense, to rename Fort Lee in Central Virginia after Lt. General Arthur J. Gregg. This recommendation follows an independent commission organized by the Members, which agreed that the military base should be rededicated as Fort Gregg. "You have been ta more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced the introduction of the Protecting Vulnerable Patients Act, which would require healthcare providers who see Medicare or Medicaid patients to be vaccinated following final FDA approval of a COVID vaccine. Beyer sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has partial jurisdiction over health policy. "America's most vulnerable patients must be able to receive medical treatment without fear that th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * "President Biden did the right thing by finally ending America's longest war. "The gut-wrenching scenes of chaos and fear we are seeing are deeply upsetting, but they also make it clear that two or ten or twenty more years of American presence in Afghanistan would not help. Staying in Afghanistan forever is not the solution. "The most important thing now is getting Americans, our allies, and Afghans at highest risk out. US forces are hastening and prote more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), Don Beyer (VA-08), and French Hill (AR-02), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help families grieving the loss of a child take time off work. The "Parental Bereavement Act of 2021" or the "Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act" would add "death of a child" as a life event that would qualify for unpaid leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), allowing a grieving parent up to 12 weeks t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2021: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) joined Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) and 47 members of Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to the White House, seeking answers on the Biden Administration's plans to evacuate U.S. citizens, Afghan allies and their families, women, NGO employees, journalists, and others from Afghanistan. The letter states that "it is this Administration's moral obligation to leverage all available resources more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding confirmation that states are not required to allow mask mandates in schools as a condition of receiving American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds. In the letter, Foxx writes: "You r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-06) urged Admiral Michelle Howard, Chair of the Naming Commission at the U.S. Department of Defense, to rename Fort Lee in Central Virginia after Lt. General Arthur J. Gregg. This recommendation follows an independent commission organized by the Members, which agreed that the military base should be rededicated as Fort Gregg. "You have been tasked with the critical and lon more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and her colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to the White House yesterday, seeking answers on the Biden Administration's plans to evacuate U.S. citizens, Afghan allies and their families, women, NGO employees, journalists, and others from Afghanistan. The letter was led by Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and was signed by 47 members of the House of Representatives. The letter states that "it is this Administration's more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Congressional Startup Day Co-Chair, made several stops in Morgantown today where she visited Intermed Labs and Vantage Ventures. Senator Capito first toured Intermed Labs, where she visited with Mon Health officials, medical professionals, and entrepreneurs bringing innovative solutions to the health care field. She then visited Vantage Ventures and West Virginia University, met with several startu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined several of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter--led by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)--to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding a full account of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan, which has already or risks falling into the hands of the Taliban and their terrorist allies. "It is unconscionable that high-tech military equipment paid for by U.S. taxpayers has fa more PR

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International Secretary-Treasurer Brian Sanson toured American Consolidated Natural Resources Ohio County Coal Resources Inc. Golden Ridge Portal Mine to view underground mining operations. Senator Manchin and Secretary Walsh also discussed the impacts the bipartisan infrastructure bill would have on coal communit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,000,000 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to three healthcare facilities across West Virginia. This funding is part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Implementation that works to combat the drug epidemic and expand substance use disorde more PR

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,000,000 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to three healthcare facilities across West Virginia. This funding is part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Implementation that works to combat the drug epidemic and expand substance use disorder  more PR