WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: Representatives Jennifer Wexton (VA-10), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led a bipartisan group of over 70 Members of Congress in urging House and Senate Appropriations leadership to prioritize funding for programs that address the severe shortage of school-based mental health professionals. In the bipartisan letter to leadership of House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Members emphas more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight Operations, issued the following statements on Jan. 21, 2022: * * * Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight Operations, issued the following statements after the Office of Personnel Management released a memo to federal agencies providing guidance  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives, today welcomed guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to achieve President Biden's directive to establish a $15 minimum wage for federal employees. The OPM memo issued today instructs agencies: "pay adjustments to comply with the $15 hourly minimum rate policy must be effective beginning on the more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Jan. 21, 2022: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced the results of his constituent survey on Governor Glenn Youngkin's recent Executive Order aimed at repealing the statewide school mask mandate. The survey was sent via email and completed by more than 25,000 Northern Virginia residents. Question: Should masks be required in Virginia schools? * YES: 18,569 (73.2%) * NO: 6,793 (26.8%) In response to these decisive results, Connolly re more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Biden's Education Department announced that it will no longer require student and parent borrowers to sign an online acknowledgment about their total student debt each year prior to taking out additional loans: "This move by the Biden administ more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement after President Biden signed the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act into law. "Most public schools in America are largely funded through state and local property taxes. The Impact Aid Grant Program was designed to assist local school districts that serve students that are 'federally-connected.' An example of a 'federally-connec more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following weekly update on Jan. 21, 2022: Friend, Our nation's debt is out of control - today, it stands at more than $29 Trillion. For years, Congress has failed to address our nation's spending problem, making it much harder to solve the problems of our country's crippling debt. Without immediate change, the problems of today will only be passed onto our children and grandchildren. We need to know where our money is going and work through funding the federal government in more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that $5,652,254 in funding is being awarded to Virginia by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help respond to critical health care staffing needs amid COVID-19 by addressing burnout and promoting mental health and wellness among the health care workforce in Virginia and acr more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * This committee has done incredible work to advance priorities for our nation's energy sector and public lands over the past year. We kicked off the 117th Congress last year with a hearing on global climate trends that established a baseline of facts for our work to address climate change through innovation, while maintaining affordable  more PR