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. 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 -- 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