WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08) hosted a summit in Virginia, MN, with Western Caucus Members, regional mining leaders, national industry advocates, and members of the local community to discuss the benefits domestic mining plays for Minnesota's communities and America's energy security. "As I've been saying during our various forums and discussions surrounding these issues, the mining potential in Minne more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal employees of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives, today applauded reports that the Biden-Harris Administration's budget proposal for the coming year will include a 4.6 percent pay increase for federal employees. "The proposed 4.6 percent pay increase is phenomenal news for my district, where a huge portion of workers are employees of the federal government," said Rep. Beyer. "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) joined the Virginia Congressional Delegation to ask the Biden Administration to include $76.9 million for the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening in the President's Fiscal Year 2023 budget request. In the letter to President Biden, Rep. Luria and other delegation members stressed the importance of securing these funds in FY23 to ensure that the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project remains on schedule to be co more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Congressman David B. McKinley (WV-01) announces that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has disbursed $15,254,593 to West Virginia under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program. The WSRF program supports conservation that enhances hunting, fishing, and local outdoor recreational opportunities. "West Virginia's natural beauty has been enjoyed by generations of families. Hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities ar more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and 115 Republicans in sending a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to take immediate action to stem the fentanyl scourge coming from China and across the southern border, and support making fentanyl related substances Schedule 1 classification permanent. Drug overdoses have claimed more American lives each year than ever before. Fentanyl and fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led the entire Virginia Congressional Delegation in requesting that the Biden administration continue its support of the Norfolk Harbor Widening and Deepening project by including at least $76.9 million in federal funding for the project in President Biden's FY23 budget request. In a letter to President Biden, the members stressed the importance of securing these funds in FY23 to ensure that the Norfolk  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced that Virginia will receive $15,745,244 this year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along key roads and highways. Passed by the Democratic Congress and signed into law by President Biden, these investments will improve charger access for Virginia drivers, help protect Virginia's environment, and support American car manufacturers' rapi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), requested a legislative fix to allow for Dulles International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport to be reimbursed for expenses incurred while supporting Operation Allies Welcome, which has successfully aided the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees. Wexton and Scanlon, representatives of Dulles International and Philadelphia International, more PR

BUFFALO, West Virginia, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today applauded Toyota West Virginia's (TMMWV) announcement that they will be investing an additional $73 million in its Buffalo, W.Va. facility. This investment comes on the heels of the $240 million investment announced in November 2021 and will increase hybrid transaxle production capacity to 600,000 units per year. With this funding, TMMWV will also begin assembling  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) this week joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and a group of Republican senators in introducing the Cutting off Rampant Access to Crack Kits (CRACK) Act. The bill would amend Section 2706 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to prohibit any funds from directly or indirectly purchasing, supplying, or distributing crack pipes or similar drug paraphernalia. "I never thought I'd have to cosponso more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) in introducing a bill to support the families of officers who struggle with their mental health or who are lost to trauma-linked suicides -- such as the families of Virginia Officers Jeffrey Smith and Howard Liebengood, who died by suicide after the January 6 attack on d more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) secured a commitment from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure that West Virginia's rural healthcare providers will have maximum flexibility in meeting CMS's vaccine requirement. Under the CMS requirement, healthcare providers receiving funding from CMS must require and ensure their staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many facilities in West Vir more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on Feb. 11, 2022: With one million children at risk of starvation in Afghanistan, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) led a group of 24 lawmakers to sound the alarm bell about the country's dire hunger crisis and economic collapse and urge the Biden Administration to continue addressing these humanitarian issues. In a letter sent to Secretary Antony Blinken and Secretary Janet Yellen, the lawmakers welcome  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) led 10 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate leadership, urging them to include their bipartisan, bicameral Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act in any upcoming legislative package that's headed to the President's desk. The TRAIN Act would help support the future health care workforce by providing much-needed more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems (PIPES) Act to prohibit federal funding from being used to purchase illegal drug paraphernalia, such as needles or crack pipes. For more than 30 years, Congress has passed annual funding bills explicitly prohibiting federal funds from being used to purchase needles or syringes for injection of any ille more PR