WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks on Feb. 4, 2022, at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's news conference on the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521): * * * "In today's global economy, America's workers and employers are not just competing for jobs in nearby cities or even neighboring states. Every local economy across the nation is engaged in competition with workers and businesses around the world. We have a responsibility to make sure America stays a ste more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a "bridge" rule to extend emergency flexibilities for school meal nutrition standards by two years. "I am pleased that the Biden-Harris Administration is continuing to provide flexibility for school meal nutrition standards as schools and families across the country confront  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's legislation to help curtail the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States. Additionally, the House-passed bill includes billions for domestic semiconductor manufacturing -- a priority for Central Virginia's economy. The America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 467,000 in January and the unemployment rate was steady at 4.0%. The unemployment rate was 6.9% for Black workers, 4.9% for Hispanic workers, 3.6% for Asian workers and 11.1% (not  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the House passed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521). The Senate's companion bill, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in June 2021. "Manufacturing has long been a core strength of the American economy, but the decades-l more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: One month after Virginians were stranded for as many as 27 hours on Interstate 95 (I-95), U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today is pressing the Commonwealth to complete and release its multi-agency After Action Report on the incident -- a request she initially made in the immediate wake of the record-breaking winter storm and the ensuing backup. On January 5, 2022, Spanberger called on then-Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the House passed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521). The Senate's companion bill, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in June 2021. "Manufacturing has long been a core strength of the American economy, but the decades-long decline of manufacturing jobs in the Unite more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 467,000 in January and the unemployment rate was steady at 4.0%. The unemployment rate was 6.9% for Black workers, 4.9% for Hispanic workers, 3.6% for Asian workers and 11.1% (not seasonally adjusted) for American Indian a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to Rep. Andy Levin's (D-MI) amendment, which risks putting the personal information of every American college student in the hands of Russia and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "Members on both sides of the aisle want mor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4521, the so-called America Competes Act, which emboldens the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the expense of American job creators, workers, and students: "With today's passage of the so-called America Competes Act - more aptly described as the Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the passage of the Levin amendment, a conduit for the federal government to track every college student in America through their adult lives without their consent: "If House Democrats were looking to resurrect Joseph McCarthy's political tactics from the 19 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Biden issued his latest Executive Order that requires burdensome project labor agreements on federal construction projects above $35 million: "Union bosses don't need to visit a casino with the hopes of winning a jackpot - they've got President  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) voted for the America COMPETES Act, a bold and transformative legislative package to stand up to China, supercharge American production, strengthen U.S. supply chains and American manufacturing, advance U.S. scientific excellence and research, and position American interest and values to win on the world stage. The legislation will ensure that America can outcompete any nation in the world, now and for decades to com more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) joined 80 of his House colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding answers related to President Biden's failed Catch and Release program. "The Biden Administration has failed to take aggressive action and appropriately respond to the out-of-control immigration crisis at our southern border. Unsurprisingly, President Biden's Catch and Release program is dangero more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) issued a statement following his vote against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill that fails to address the growing threat from the Chinese Communist Party. The bill provides a variety of U.S. government subsidies and climate change initiatives that give Communist China a competitive advantage, while failing to hold them accountable. "The Democrats' "America CONCEDES Act" fails to protect America's more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) this week spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives against Democrats' pro-China legislation, the 'America CONCEDES Act.' She urged her colleagues to instead support her legislation, the U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act. The bipartisan U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act would require the Biden Administration to accelerate U.S. economic leadershi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Congressman Alex X. Mooney and a group of House Republicans are demanding answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the formation and mission of a new Department of Justice unit dedicated to "domestic terrorism." "Parents are not terrorists. "Parents deserve to know, understand, and voice their opinion regrading what is happing in their children's classroom," said Congressman Mooney. "I want to more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 467,000 jobs in January. "Despite a surge in COVID-19 infections, today's jobs report reflects another month of historic job growth. Under President Biden's economic agenda and the investments made through the American Rescue Plan, our economy has had the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kick off today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) is launching a social media campaign to spotlight the brutal human rights atrocities committed by the Chinese government. While the world watches the spectacle of the Games, the Chinese government is waging a genocide campaign against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, cracking down on democracy movements in Hong Kong, and erasing the cu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass the America COMPETES Act to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and support good-paying jobs by ramping up domestic semiconductor production, making American businesses more competitive, investing in research and development, and addressing supply chain vulnerabilities. "For too long, American manufacturing has been on a downslide, hurting U.S. leadership and competitiveness around the globe," more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement following his vote against H.R. 4521. "The legislation passed through the House today does nothing to confront or combat China and instead fails to protect and promote American interests and competitiveness against the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party. Unfortunately, this hyper-partisan legislation--that was pushed through without input from my Republica more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following weekly update: Friend, Representing the folks of Virginia's First District and advocating on their behalf in Washington is one of my greatest honors. Just like you, I do not live in Washington, D.C. I live in Montross, Virginia, where I drive home every day to the same home I purchased in 1985 with my wife, Kathryn. When I am out in the district with constituents, I pass my kids' homes where they live with my six grandchildren. I drive by the middle school in Hano more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Representative Virginia Foxx (Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor) joined Representative Fred Keller (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections), Senator Mike Braun (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety), and Senator Richard Burr (Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to initiate an assessment of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) preparedness to review and approve advanced nuclear reactor applicati more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to initiate an assessment of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine -- co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus and member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee -- applauded House passage of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act, a major investment in America's scientific and technological advantage, which includes his bipartisan JOBS Act. Introduced with Senator Rob Portm more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) met virtually Thursday with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration (WMATA) General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld to thank him for his service and discuss challenges the transit agency is facing with its rail cars and the need to confront the long-term realities of ridership impacted by the pandemic. After the meeting, the senat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) today marked one year since becoming Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Ranking Member Capito and Chairman Carper reflected on a year of accomplishments at the helm of EPW. "Native-born West Virginians, Chairman Carper and I make a great team and I have thoroughly enjoyed working together to help lead our EP more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) today marked one year since becoming Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Ranking Member Capito and Chairman Carper reflected on a year of accomplishments at the helm of EPW. "Native-born West Virginians, Chairman Carper and I make a great te more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: As the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing begin, Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rick Scott (R-FL) led their colleagues to introduce a bipartisan resolution calling on the Chinese Communist Party to guarantee the safety and freedom of tennis star Peng Shuai, and rebuking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its failure to clearly and forcefully challenge the Chinese Communist Party's claims about Peng Shuai's safety. The resolution was  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the committee, today called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to report on how many workers they employ who are not classified as full-time employees, including independent and subcontracted workers. "We believe that the disclosure of this data is critical more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following a January announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launching a Miner Vaccine Outreach Program to deliver free vaccinations and provide educational outreach to mining communities in Kentucky and Arizona, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are calling on the DoL to include Southwest Virginia in the plans. In a letter to the MSHA, the senators highlighted that while the Commonw more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following a January announcement by the U.S. Department of Labor's (DoL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launching a Miner Vaccine Outreach Program to deliver free vaccinations and provide educational outreach to mining communities in Kentucky and Arizona, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are calling on the DoL to include Southwest Virginia in the plans. In a letter to the MSHA, the senators highlighted that while the Commonwea more PR