WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced legislation sponsored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), a former NATO PA President, in support of the establishment of a Center for Democratic Resilience within NATO to help member, partner, and aspirant states strengthen their democratic institutions and to preserve democracy around the globe. Connolly first proposed the c more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, and Ranking Member Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voicing their concerns about the mistreatment of detained Chinese lawyer and independent journalist Zhang Zhan and to urge the United States to contin more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report that the true cost of the so-called Build Back Better bill is over double what Democrats initially advertised. "Americans simply cannot afford Democrats' $4.9 trillion so-called Bu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Under the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) allowed the nearly 40-year-old National Coal Council (NCC) charter to lapse in November 2021. DOE has since proposed a major overhaul to the charter, which includes gutting the NCC's membership and refocusing its mission away from coal industry innovation. In response, David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) introduced H.R. 6187, the Coal Council Certainty Act of 2021, which would codify t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, H.R. 1667, sponsored by Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1), passed in the House last night. This bill will enhance the mental and behavioral health resources that are available to support health care professionals. "The Covid-19 Pandemic took a toll on the mental health of all Americans, but our health care workers on the frontlines bore the emotional brunt of the pandemic's challeng more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 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 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s announcement that a true accounting of Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending spree shows that its policies would cost $4.9 trillion while adding $3 trill more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 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 latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI data showed a 0.8% increase in inflation in November. The all items index for the 12-m more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 11 -- 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 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s announcement that a true accounting of Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending spree shows that its policies would cost $4.9 trillion while adding $3 trillion in new debt. "Despite the absurd claims by President Biden and Democra more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 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 latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI data showed a 0.8% increase in inflation in November. The all items index for the 12-month period ending in October rose 6.8%, the largest 12-month increase si more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led Senator Mark R. Warner and Representatives Bobby Scott, Gerald Connolly, Don Beyer, A. Donald McEachin, Elaine Luria, Abigail Spanberger, and Jennifer Wexton in a letter to Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, inviting him to visit the Port of Virginia. In their letter, the lawmakers point to the success of past infrastructure investments that have allowed the Port to remain fluid in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Marion Neighborhood Hospital and visited the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to highlight the importance of rural healthcare and addressing the drug epidemic. "I was honored to welcome my friend HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to West Virginia to showcase the importance of investing in ru more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner & Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a bicameral letter led by Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to address student voter registration and participation as it formulates higher education rule-making. The letter comes as states across the country pass legislation designed to curb the voting rights of Black, Brown more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner & Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a bicameral letter led by Senator Cory Booker and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to address student voter registration and participation as it formulates higher education rule-making. The letter comes as states across the country pass legislation designed to curb the voting rights of Black more PR