WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks on May 13, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks during today's floor debate on H.R. 5129, the Community Service Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022. View Chairman Scott's floor remarks on YouTube (https://youtu.be/gTcz3ZQI4fU). "Today, the Community Action Agencies, or CAAs form a network of more than 1,000 organizations that meet th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: The House passed H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Modernization Act of 2022. This flawed legislation attacks religious freedom, limits resources for those most in need, and uses taxpayer dollars irresponsibly. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor prior to the vote: "Republicans support com more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Modernization Act. This flawed bill attacks religious liberty which could mean fewer low-income Americans receive the help they need. H.R. 5129 also shirks accountability, forcing taxpayers to fund progra more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) advanced legislation this week that will expand compensation and benefits for federal firefighters who contract illnesses through their service, enhance security operations of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and reauthorize Community Services Block Grant Funding to reduce poverty across the nation. The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022, Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021, and Community Services Block more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today is calling on baby formula manufacturer Abbott Laboratories to provide answers about the company's efforts to increase production of formula amid the ongoing nationwide formula shortage. Abbott is the leading supplier of formula in the United States. In a letter sent to Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert E. Ford today, Spanberger demanded more information about the steps Abbott is taking -- all more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: Just over one month after reaching the major milestone of $15 million, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced that her office has now surpassed $16 million in casework funds returned to constituents in Virginia's Seventh District -- including nearly $5.5 million since the beginning of 2022. Casework dollars are secured and returned by fighting for backlogged benefits and advocating for fair treatment on behalf of const more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on May 13, 2022: Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC); Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Vice Chair of the JEC; and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), Native American Caucus Co-Chair and member of the JEC released a new analysis on the persistent structural barriers facing Native American communities and how they hinder economic opportunity, mobility and well-being. Among  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a Senate conferee for the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), today addressed her fellow conferees at a public meeting on the legislation. Earlier this month, Ranking Member Capito offered a motion on the Senate floor req more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined her colleagues in a letter--led by U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)--to White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory demanding they adhere to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requir more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined her colleagues in a letter--led by U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)--to White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory demanding they adhere to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements and undergo the proper analysis and public comment period for  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, alongside 23 of his colleagues, requested that congressional leadership include the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2021, which would allow state-legal cannabis businesses to access banking services, in the final version of the competitiveness legislation being negotiated between the House and Senate. Under current law, state-legal medical cannabis businesses in Virginia are forced to operate in all cash, w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray and Senator Bob Casey, as well as 28 of their Democratic colleagues, in sending a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids. Over the past more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Michael Bennet as well as a group of their colleagues requested increased funding for the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill. The COPS Program provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies across the country to hire additional police officers to strengthen community policing and crime prevention efforts, which includes expanding  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey, Tammy Duckworth, and Tim Kaine today urged public health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better prioritize the needs of populations at highest risk of severe illness from COVID-19 - including seniors, people with disabilities, and the immunocompromised - in their ongoing response to the public health emergency. As federal p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray and Senator Bob Casey, as well as 28 of their Democratic colleagues, in sending a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids. Over the past  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 5, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request for the Energy Department: * * * I am pleased to welcome my dear friend Secretary Jennifer Granholm back to the Committee to discuss President Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget request for the Department of Energy. Thank you for joining us this morning, Madam Secretary. The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is severe. Putin has used  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at an April 28, 2022, confirmation hearing: The nominees are David Applegate to be director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Carmen G. Cantor to be an assistant secretary of the Interior for insular and international affairs, and Evelyn Wang to be director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy at the Energy Department. * * * We meet today to consider three pending nominations a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), EPW Committee Chairman, introduced legislation to support our National Wildlife Refuge System. The Keep America's Refuges Operational Act will reauthorize appropriations for the National Wildlife Refuge System volunteer, educational, and community partnership program, an initiative that helps ensure p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), EPW Committee Chairman, introduced legislation to support our National Wildlife Refuge System. The Keep America's Refuges Operational Act will reauthorize appropriations for the National Wildlife Refuge System volunteer, educational, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- 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, joined U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), in urging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Martha Williams not to cave in to activists' calls to restrict the use of lead ammo and tackle on public lands. "Policies or actions that reduce or limit sp more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 13, 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 funding for five projects through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Brownfields grant program. The grants announced are also supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "T more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 13, 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 and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding for five projects through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Brownfields grant program. The grants announced are also supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "Addressing and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2022. The bill would reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 for five years past its expiration in September 2022. U.S. Representative Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the House version of this legislation earlier this year. "As Pyongyang continues to disregard the dignity of its citizens and demonstrates no tolerance for human rights more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,900,000 in federal funding from Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration for the Culpeper Regional Airport. This funding - made available thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act negotiated by Warner and strongly supported by Kaine last year - and will go towards the final phase of a project that will remove a road obstruction on the runway. "This investment w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,900,000 in federal funding from Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration for the Culpeper Regional Airport. This funding - made available thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act negotiated by Warner and strongly supported by Kaine last year - and will go towards the final phase of a project that will remove a road obstruction on the runway. "This investment wil more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $114,700,190 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase affordable housing across the Commonwealth. "All Virginians deserve access to safe and affordable housing, but rents and home prices have skyrocketed across Virginia in recent years," the senators said. "We're glad that this funding will go to supporting the construction of new affordable housing units more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $114,700,190 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase affordable housing across the Commonwealth. "All Virginians deserve access to safe and affordable housing, but rents and home prices have skyrocketed across Virginia in recent years," said the Senators. "We're glad that this funding will go to supporting the construction of new affordable housing unit more PR