WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As Labor Day weekend approaches, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) are pressing product safety regulators to include beach umbrellas in their testing protocols as they work to develop new safety standards for umbrellas sold to consumers. It's the latest push in the senators' continued effort to protect beachgoers following multiple accidents involving wind-swept beach umbrellas, includin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As Labor Day weekend approaches, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) are pressing product safety regulators to include beach umbrellas in their testing protocols as they work to develop new safety standards for umbrellas sold to consumers. It's the latest push in the senators' continued effort to protect beachgoers following multiple accidents involving wind-swept beach umbrellas, includ more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Representative Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Cori Bush (MO-01), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and 58 of their House colleagues in urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium for the duration of the pandemic. The lawmakers' letter follows the Supreme Court's ruling that struck d more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Congressman Anthony Brown (D-Md.) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) introduced the 1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell Safety in Armed Forces Equipment Act of 2021 to establish a pilot program that authorizes the use of data recorders, or "black boxes," to improve the safety and effectiveness of military tactical vehicles. In 2019, lawmakers requested a study on non-combat deaths involving tactical vehicles after increasing reports of tact more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 31, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona's decision to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR): "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group in sending a letter--led by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)--calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to swiftly develop and conduct outreach to veterans of the Global War on Terrorism--especially those who served in Afghanistan--to provide them with mental health resources. Their call for action comes as reports find calls to veterans' suic more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona's decision to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR): "This opinion highlights EPA's lack of transparency around repealing and replacing NWPR. For months, I have  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led nine Senators in recognizing today, August 31, 2021, as "Overdose Awareness Day" in remembrance of the lives lost to drug overdoses, to remove stigma around substance use disorder and to put an end to overdoses. In 2020, a record 93,331 Americans died from drug overdoses, a nearly 30% increase from the 70,980 overdose deaths in 2019. 1,377 West Virginians died from drug related overdos more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,235,743 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ryan White Part B Supplemental to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). This funding will be used to improve the quality, availability, and organization of HIV health care and sup more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,800,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the West Virginia Department of Education for Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education). The program works to increas more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $580,018 for several fire departments in West Virginia through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding was made available through FEMA's more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,800,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the West Virginia Department of Education for Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education). The program works to increase mental health awareness among  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $580,018 for several fire departments in West Virginia through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding was made available through FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program and will support the purchase of equipment.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in a bipartisan letter calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to swiftly develop and conduct outreach to veterans o more PR