WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, received the Leadership Award from the National WIC Association at their 2022 national policy conference. The National WIC Association advocates and supports public health nutrition service provider agencies and the mothers, babies, and young children served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). "It is a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Last month, Ranking Member Capito led several of her colleagues in a letter asking the EPA to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the RFS program as this runs counter to congressional intent under the Clean Air Act. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Yesterday, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a grant award of $1,853,268 to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS) to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels. The grant funding will help defray costs incurred by seafood processing facilities and processing vessels preparin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01), who serves as the Republican leader of the Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, spoke during a hearing Tuesday regarding the 2023 reauthorization of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Program. Rep. McKinley's 2018 bill reauthorized and improved this program. "Over a century ago, manufacturers selected these sites because they were in prim more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Last week, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, received an honorary degree from the College of William & Mary. Honorary degrees are awarded by William & Mary at Charter Day and Commencement ceremonies as well as other special events to distinguished individuals. When conferring Congressman Scott with the honorary degree at the Charter Day ceremony, William & Mary note more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- 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, questioned witnesses in a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Last month, Ranking Member Capito led several of her colleagues in a letter asking the EPA to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the RFS program as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses in a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Last month, Ranking Member Capito led several of her colleagues in a letter asking the EPA to reconsider it more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, as well as 31 of his Senate colleagues, in sending a letter to President Biden requesting $5 billion for election security grants in the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. These grants would help state and local governments improve the administration and security of federal elections. A recent report found that this level of funding is need more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced that the Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing February 2022 as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. The resolution was sponsored by the co-chairs of the Senate CTE Caucus, Senators Rob Portman, Todd Young, and Tammy Baldwin. A broad, bipartisan group of 68 senators co-sponsored the resolution. "I'm proud the Senate passed our resolution recognizing the importance of career and technical e more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led seven Senators in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether members of the Sackler family personally engaged in criminal conduct in connection with Purdue Pharma's admitted criminal wrongdoing in fueling the devastating opioid epidemic. The Senators also urged DOJ to investigate whether any of the Sacklers' subsequent conduct warrants criminal investigation. In 2020, DOJ reso more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Jack Reed and Jim Inhofe, Senate Banking Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown and Pat Toomey, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Robert Menendez and Jim Risch, and Senate Intelligenc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Last month, Ranking Member Capito led several of her colleagues in a letter asking the EPA to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the RFS program  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), co-founders of the Senate's first Women in STEM Caucus, hosted an inaugural panel discussion on women in the STEM workforce. The panel was moderated by Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, and featured Senators Capito and Rosen along with Dr. Aster Sigel, Director of Undergraduate Research at Nevada State College, a more PR