WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after news reports surfaced that the Education Department plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program: "The PSLF program has been destined for failure from its inception. Democrats wrote this law alone and now are inappropriately att more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced updated rules on surprise out-of-network medical billing: "Congress came together last year to pass historic, bipartisan legislation banning surprise medical billing, a huge step towards alleviating financial and emot more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: In response to the harmful tax penalties for married couples included in the Democrats' "Human Infrastructure" bill, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and her colleagues sent a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to remove any proposals that would discourage marriage. "Federal policy should be designed to foster strong marriages, which are the foundation of str more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today celebrated the 25th anniversary of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution this week recognizing the milestone for this critical intelligence agency, which collects, analyzes and distributes a variety of imagery and geospatial information to service members and policymakers across the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $180,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to Marshall University and West Virginia University Research Corporations for mine safety. The funding is from the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants Program, which supports education and training to i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,178,500 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reforest abandoned mine lands in Appalachia by leveraging private capital and carbon market revenues. "Taking advantage of opportunities to restore forests, while simultaneously improving the ecosystems of our wildlife are im more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the Harrison County Commission in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Specifically, the grant will be used to help b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the Harrison County Commission in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Specifically, the grant will be used to help build and establish a clean energy products manufacturing facility, cr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 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.), also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $719,431 for four 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 Staffing fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $50,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to the West Virginia Humanities Council. The grant will enable the council to redesign a 2005 traveling exhibition, "Born of Rebellion: West Virginia Statehood," and develop an online "civics toolkit" for K-12 teacher more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $5,231,463 from the U.S. Department of Education for West Virginia's, colleges, universities, community colleges, and technical schools, aiming to improve retention rates and student experiences in underserved areas. "West Virginia's postsecondary education institutions, whether it be a techn more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,178,500 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reforest abandoned mine lands in Appalachia by leveraging private capital and carbon market revenues. "We have a responsibility to care for our wild and wonderful lands across Appalachia, and I am pleased the USDA is investing in efforts to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the Harrison County Commission in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Specifically, the grant will be used to help build and establish a clean energy products manufacturing facility, creating jobs, whi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $50,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to the West Virginia Humanities Council. The grant will enable the council to redesign a 2005 traveling exhibition, "Born of Rebellion: West Virginia Statehood," and develop an online "civics toolkit" for K-12 teachers comprised of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced their co-sponsorship of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021, legislation to address growing concern of rising home prices, lack of access to home-buying assistance, and the widening wealth and homeownership gaps in Virginia and throughout the country. This bill would provide federal grants, administered through local entities, to aid first-generation homebuyers with qualifying expenses  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced their co-sponsorship of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021, legislation to address growing concern of rising home prices, lack of access to home-buying assistance, and the widening wealth and homeownership gaps in Virginia and throughout the country. This bill would provide federal grants, administered through local entities, to aid first-generation homebuyers with qualifying expense more PR