WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: The Biden Administration's inaction on approving crucial and routine state Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans is delaying essential funds for child care providers, Republican leader on the House Committee on Ways and Means Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Republican leader on the House Committee on Education and Labor Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) warned in a letter to U.S. Departmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: The Biden administration's inaction on approving crucial and routine state Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans is delaying essential funds for child care providers, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This week Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) issued a pair of letters to Biden Administration Officials, pressing them for information related to illicit drugs, including Chinese fentanyl, coming across the U.S. Southern Border. "America has hit another tragic milestone: 100,000 drug overdose deaths reported in a one-year period and West Virginia sadly tops the list with the highest overdose death rate," said McKinley. "The Biden Administ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led all of her Republican colleagues on the committee in introducing the Section 401 Certification Act, legislation codifying the Trump administration's 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule (401 Rule). Specifically, the le more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led all of her Republican colleagues on the committee in introducing the Section 401 Certification Act, legislation codifying the Trump administration's 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule (401 Rule). Specifically, the legislation would ensure infrastructure projects are not denied permits more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, in a letter with 64 colleagues pushing committee leadership to keep the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (MJIIPA) in the final NDAA bill language. The bipartisan and bicameral letter is signed by 44 senators and 22 members of the House. MJIIPA would professionalize how the military prosecutes serious more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Shane Whitehair, executive director of the Region VII Planning and Development Council in Buckhannon, West Virginia, involving a hearing on Nov. 3, 2021, entitled "Examining Programs at the Economic Development Administration": * * * My name is Shane Whitehair, and I am the Executive Director of the Region VII Planning and Development Council based in Buckhannon West Virginia, which serves a geographic region comprised of seven counties.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 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 three projects totaling $1,311,588.70 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Appalachian Abattoir, West Virginia Farmers Market Association and Tri-State Local Foods as part of the Local Agriculture Marketing Programs (LAMP). These three projects will support and expand the agric more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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 a total of $1,236,867 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Cabell, Kanawha, Mingo, and Wayne counties to assist with recovery efforts as a result of severe winter storms and flooding in February and March of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three projects totaling $1,311,588.70 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Appalachian Abattoir, West Virginia Farmers Market Association and Tri-State Local Foods as part of the Local Agriculture Marketing Programs (LAMP). These three projects will support and expand the agriculture industry more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced a total of $1,236,867 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Cabell, Kanawha, Mingo, and Wayne counties to assist with recovery efforts as a result of severe winter storms and flooding in February and March of this  more PR