WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) pressed witnesses today on Iran's recent missile strike near a U.S. consulate in Iraq, the latest iteration of the JCPOA that is being negotiated by the Biden Administration, and continued U.S. support for Israel's right to defend itself from terrorist attacks. Rep. Luria questioned U.S. Central Commander General Kenneth McKenzie Jr. on the response to Iran's rece more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its decision to raise the federal funds rate by .25 percentage points, as was expected. "The Fed's announcement comes as our economy has continued to experience record economic growth and a strong labor market recov more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger last night honored Seventh District resident Keira D'Amato on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives following the runner's victory at the Chevron Houston Marathon earlier this year -- in which D'Amato set the U.S. women's marathon record. Spanberger praised D'Amato for her tireless work ethic, demonstrated passion for running, and ability to inspire the next generation of marathon ru more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: This morning Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus and member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, spoke at the White House Summit on Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy. The event, hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Department of Energy, was held to "convene fusion energy leaders from government, industry, academia, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Thank you, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Raskin for calling this important hearing to ensure the safety and support of our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since January, the FBI has documented at least 44 bomb threats against almost 60 HBCUs and Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs) across the country. These hate-filled threats of violence against storied institutions are despicable and shameful. I condemn these co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of reforming multiemployer pension plans. Following the meeting, Republican Leader Foxx said: "During today's briefing, Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee expressed serious concerns about Democrats' taxpayer-funded bailout o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: In a speech on the House Floor, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called out the failed agency AmeriCorps for being a drain on taxpayers and a massive disappointment: Excerpts from Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "This week, many people will be celebrating National AmeriCorps Week. I will not be one of them. AmeriCorps has  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $1 million to Lincoln Memorial University to construct a new Veterinary Education and Technology building in Ewing, Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement. "ARC's $1 million grant to construct a new Veterinary Education and Technology building in Ewing will offer new educational opportunities and deliver a powerful economic boost to the region. "This is a s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday attended the White House ceremony celebrating the signing of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), bipartisan legislation she voted to pass last week that will improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, as well as empower law enforcement to protect Virginia families. Spanberger voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House to pass the legislatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law a fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations bill, which U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass last week. The package includes increased funding to strengthen our border security and combat transnational crime. The bill provides $14.8 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is $25.7 million above President Bid more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as part of the bipartisan fiscal year 2022 appropriations omnibus, which was signed into law this week by President Joe Biden. Reauthorizing VAWA, which had lapsed in 2019, has been one of Wexton's top priorities, as the legislation delivers critical resources for organizations that provide legal assistance, survivor support services, and domestic violence e more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on national security challenges and U.S. military activities in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I too want to welcome our witnesses and express my appreciation for their service. Gene more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following opening statement: * * * U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on national security challenges and U.S. military activities in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I too want to welcome our witnesses and express my appreciation for their service. General Townsend, as we discussed last week, the threats in Africa are multi-faceted an more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is joining nine of her Senate colleagues in a bipartisan delegation visit to Poland and Germany this weekend. Capito will be joined by Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Angus King (I-Maine), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). The bipartisan group of 10 senators iss more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representatives David McKinley (W.Va.-1), Alex Mooney (W.Va.-2) and Carol Miller (W.Va.-3) urged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams to expand the West Virginia field office's capacity and to hire additional staff to address a significant increase in consultation requests over the past year. This increase in requests has led  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded the appointment of Ryan Thorn to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) West Virginia Rural Development Office. Ryan Thorn currently serves as Senator Manchin's Economic Development Manager. "Born and raised in West Virginia, Ryan Thorn has spent his career advocating for West Virginians, small businesses and communities to better our entire state through economic development, expansi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, underscored the need to preserve and expand the United States' nuclear fleet, highlighting that nuclear energy is critical to providing re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representatives David McKinley (WV-1), Alex Mooney (WV-2) and Carol Miller (WV-3) urged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams to expand the West Virginia field office's capacity and to hire additional staff to address a significant increase in consultation requests over the past year. This increase in requests has led to significant delays in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is renewing his push to safeguard the health and welfare of American-trained bomb-sniffing dogs tasked with fighting terrorism abroad. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Sen. Warner today highlighted new language that requires the Department of State to report on the status of dogs in the Explosive Detection Canine Program (EDCP), which came more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI), and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced the Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act to ensure that Vladimir Putin and Russian elites don't use digital assets to undermine the international community's economic sanctions against Russia following its invasion o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three POWER grants totaling $2,085,225 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). "I'm glad to announce these grants, which will help support advanced manufacturing workforce training, leadership recruitme more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s decision to add Paden City, West Virginia, to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Paden City site consists of co-mingled groundwater more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s decision to add Paden City, West Virginia, to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Paden City site consists of co-mingled groundwater plumes containing hazardous substances. The groundwater and soils ar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three POWER grants totaling $2,085,225 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). "The Appalachian Regional Commission's continued investment and partnership with our communities to revitalize and strengthen Appalachia is gre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s decision to add Paden City, West Virginia, to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Paden City site consists of co-mingled groundwater plumes containing hazardous substances. The groundwater and soils are contaminated  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today called on the Biden Administration to improve guidance for those living with post-COVID conditions, also known as long COVID, who apply for disability benefits. Existing Social Security Administration (SSA) guidance requires applicants for disability benefits to provide a positive COVID-19 test or diagnosis with limited exceptions, which many Americans livi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,000,000 in federal funding for the Appalachian Veterinary Expansion project. The funding will be used to support construction of a new Veterinary Education and Technology (VET) building at Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine's (LMU-CVM) DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center Campus (DVTC) in Ewing. The project will also increase the number of students in the region and attract new sour more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,000,000 in federal funding for the Appalachian Veterinary Expansion project. The funding will be used to support construction of a new Veterinary Education and Technology (VET) building at Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine's (LMU-CVM) DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center Campus (DVTC) in Ewing. The project will also increase the number of students in the region and attract new sourc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater" after former Rep. Rick Boucher. "Congressman Boucher is a pillar of Southwest Virginia," the Senators said. "We can think of no better way to honor his years of public service than by naming this amphitheater, which celebrates the culture and tradition of Southwest Virginia, after more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) introduced legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater" after former Rep. Rick Boucher. "Congressman Boucher is a pillar of Southwest Virginia," the Senators said. "We can think of no better way to honor his years of public service than by naming this amphitheater, which celebrates the culture and tradition of Southwest Virginia, aft more PR