WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as Chair of Congress' Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden's framework for the Build Back Better Act. "The climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act alone make it one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress will consider in our time. "That the President has been able to protect these investments in clean energy and other climate provisions in the face of razor th more PR

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) sent the following letter to President William Dudley of Washington and Lee University. The letter responds to reports that Washington and Lee University ordered a student group to remove materials supporting a state-wide candidate for office from its booth at an annual activities fair. Cline was joined in this letter by Washington and Lee University alumni Representatives Morgan Griffith (VA-09),  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 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 Supreme Court's announcement that it will hear a case about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act, the subjec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 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 Supreme Court's announcement that it will hear a case about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act, the subject of the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule--a commonsense alternativ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: On Wednesday evening, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and members of Team Congress played against members of the Washington, D.C. press corps in the 2021 Congressional Women's Softball Game. The annual charity game raised more than $508,000, a new record, for the Young Survivor Coalition (YSC), an organization supporting young survivors and patients of breast cancer. "The Congressional Softball Game is something I look forward to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the confirmation of Dr. Rahul Gupta to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). "Last night, yet another extraordinary West Virginian was confirmed to serve the American people, Dr. Rahul Gupta. "As I said during his confirmation hearing, Dr. Gupta intimately understands the needs of communities across America, and would be the first physician eve more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced legislation to deliver more resources to support victims of child sexual abuse and incentivize states to pursue the prosecution of these crimes. The No Time Limit for Justice Act would provide states that meet certain requirements with a 5% increase in federal grant funding under the Services, Training, Officers, Prosecution (STOP) program to help tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand the Department of Labor (DOL) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) to all 50 states and U.S. territories. The HVRP program offers job training services to Veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Currently, no organization in West Virginia is receiving HVRP fundin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chair Tim Kaine (D-VA) met virtually with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido to discuss the ongoing political stalemate in Venezuela and the humanitarian crisis that has forced more than five million refugees and migrants to flee their homes under discredited President Nicolas Mad more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine -- a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee -- and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden pushing for clarification that American families serving overseas, such as U.S. Foreign Service members and other government employees, are eligible for the expande more PR