WASHINGTON, April 6 -- 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 Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, including by eliminating one barrier - the "family glitch" - which has prevented some workers from accessing tax credits to purchase affordable coverage for their families. "Today's announcement will expand access to affordable he more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 5, 2022: * * * House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following opening statement at today's Committee Markup of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (H.R. 7309) and Protecting America's Retirement Security Act (H.R. 7310). "Today, the Committee is marking up two bills to support America's workers, families, and busine more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: The Education and Labor Committee advanced two bills--the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (H.R. 7309) and Protecting America's Retirement Security Act (H.R. 7310)--to update the nation's workforce development system and strengthen retirement security for workers. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 reauthorizes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: The House passed H.Res. 831, a resolution in support of the establishment of a Center for Democratic Resilience within NATO to help member, partner, and aspirant states strengthen their democratic institutions and to preserve democracy around the globe. The resolution was introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH), a former NATO PA President. Passage of the resolut more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 5, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup regarding workforce development and retirement: "The Committee is considering two bills that are missed opportunities for bipartisanship. "The first bill this Committee is considering tod more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on April 5, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration will extend the student loan payment and interest moratorium for the fourth time: "Hardworking taxpayers are fed up with having their backs broken by this administration. The outrageous extension of this mora more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on April 5, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced its decision to fix the so-called "family glitch" within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a decision which would have major adverse consequences for employer-sponsored health insurance and for taxpayers, and which goes beyond more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- 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 Committee passed workforce development and retirement legislation: "Education and Labor Committee Democrats keep missing opportunities to work across the aisle. These bills, however well-intentioned, do not work for workers, job creators, or retirees; not to mention,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) traveled to Surry County to deliver a $3.2 million check to support a water infrastructure upgrade project. The project will upgrade the county school's well systems to increase capacity and extend the lifespan of the system. "Every Virginian deserves access to clean water, and this project will help ensure Surry County has the necessary resources to upgrade and modernize their existing facilities," said Rep. M more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The Biden administration is doubling down on its far-left open-border policies. While President Trump's successful Title 42 public health order has allowed for the quick expulsion of illegal immigrants to their native countries, the Biden administration is threatening to end the program as another surge of migrants make their way to the U.S.-Mexico border. As a member of the House Freedom Caucus, Congressman Mooney is proud to join with his caucus col more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Offshore Wind American Manufacturing Act, transformational legislation that will use the U.S. tax code to grow offshore wind energy through new investment and production tax credits. These credits will strengthen jobs in domestic manufacturing and facilitate expansion of offshore wind to make the United States an international leader in cle more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), and Angie Craig (D-MN) have introduced H.R. 7237, the Reauthorizing Evidence-based And Crisis Help Initiatives Needed to Generate (REACHING) Improved Mental Health Outcomes for Patients Act of 2022. This legislation would reauthorize and improve programs providing care and treatment for adult mental health, suicide prevention, substance abuse, and related issues.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Representatives David B. McKinley (W.Va.-01) August Pfluger (TX-11) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced a bill to clarify the extent of the President's authority to declare a national emergency or a major natural disaster. The "Real Emergencies Act," would apply limits to the President's power, ensuring that a national emergency can not be declared on the b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, participated in a hearing today focused on rising gas prices and steps the Biden administration can take to unleash energy production, like supporting pipeline infrastructure projects, to provide relief to the American people. HIGHLIGHTS: IMPACT OF HIGH GAS PRICES ON WEST VIRGINIANS: "As we know, and I know  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Wheeling Intelligencer on April 4, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote an op-ed for the Wheeling Intelligencer over the weekend detailing how the Biden administration's domestic energy policies have led to record-high gas prices and how these decisions exacerbate the energy crisis in Europe given the invasion of Ukraine. "As a country, w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and a group of their Republican colleagues in calling on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to withdraw the agency's proposed climate disclosure rule, which would require publicly-traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other information related to climate change. The letter expresses the senators' strong oppos more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and J more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), today introduced legislation, known as the R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 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, wrote an op-ed for the Wheeling Intelligencer over the weekend detailing how the Biden administration's domestic energy policies have led to record-high gas prices and how these decisions exacerbate the energy crisis in Europe given the invasion of Ukraine.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 5, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement announcing that he will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to the Supreme Court. "Given the gravity of a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, my practice is to withhold any decision on a nominee -- regardless of my previous positions on that nominee for other judgeships -- until I carefully review their qu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Representative Elaine Luria and the Virginia delegation in a letter to U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro urging the U.S. Navy to name a ship after Fireman Second Class Telesforo Trinidad, the only Filipino American to receive the Medal of Honor. "Trinidad was awarded the Medal of Honor, in accordance with General Order Number 142 signed by the Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on April 1, 1915, due to his extraordina more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led seven Senators in calling for an investigation into the failure of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recognize potential conflicts of interest of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company when the company simultaneously worked with the FDA on issues related to the drug epidemic and with numerous opioid companies, including Purdue Pharma. As the drug epidemic continues to devastate communities across West Virgini more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), introduced the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act to reissue benefits for defrauded Veterans. Under current law, if a defrauded Veteran passes away before their case with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is resolved, the Veteran's family cannot seek reimbursement for the defrauded funds. On November 15, 2021, U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Tom Emmer (R-MN)  more PR