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| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for 2022-05-21 ( 5 items ) |
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Ahead of Vice President Harris' Event in Falls Church, Rep. Beyer Submits Community Project Requests to Fund Northern Virginia Initiatives (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation's capital, today announced his submissions on behalf of Virginia's 8th Congressional District requesting federal funds from the Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country.
All of Beyer's FY22 requests were fully funded by appropriations legislation signed into law in March, including a reque more PR
Egypt Human Rights Caucus Co-Chairs' Statement on Hunger Strike of Unjustly Detained Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on May 20, 2022:
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Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), co-Chairs of Congress' Egypt Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement today.
"We urge the Egyptian government to release long-detained peaceful civil society activist, journalist, and United Kingdom citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is entering his 49th day of a hunger strike. Mr. Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison last year for nothing more than retweeting som more PR
Rep. Foxx: @EdLaborGOP - Public Health Emergency is Over (10)
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter on May 19, 2022:
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx and several of her Committee Republicans sent a letter to the Biden administration urging an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and a transferal of vaccine purchasing, distribution, and administering of vaccines and therapies to the private market.
In the letter, the Memb more PR
Rep. Griffith Statement on Health and Human Services Award of $1,085,348 to Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on May 20, 2022:
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1,085,348 to Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. headquartered in Saltville.
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement.
"Community health centers provide care to many in Southwest Virginia.
"This award of $1,085,348 to Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, serving residents of Meadowview, Saltville, Tazewell, and Bristol more PR
Rep. Luria's Flood Protection Priorities for Coastal Virginia Advanced by Bipartisan Vote (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 20, 2022:
Rep. Elaine Luria's (D-VA) flood protection measures for Coastal Virginia were advanced on a bipartisan vote by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as part of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022.
WRDA provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to carry out water resource development projects and studies. This bipartisan legislation seeks to protect communities, while strengthening com more PR
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