WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) yesterday assumed sponsorship of the bipartisan Military Spouse Hiring Act. The bill would amend the Workforce Opportunity Tax Credit to provide tax incentives to employers that hire the spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces, who face a much higher unemployment rate than the general population. The bill was originally introduced in the 117th Congress by Rep. Antonio Delgado, who was sworn in as the Lieute more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Rep. Don Beyer today introduced the Assault Weapons Excise Act, legislation that would impose a 1000 percent excise tax on the manufacture, production, or importation of assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. The bill contains an exemption for federal, state, and local government entities, so the armed services and law enforcement would be unaffected. As a revenue measure, the bill is designed to be included in budget reconci more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) voted to pass H.R. 2773, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA), a bipartisan conservation bill that will amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Act and provide $1.3 billion to assist in conserving, restoring, and protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat in territories and Tribal lands across the nation. In passing RAWA, Rep. McEachin voted to secure $22,413,295.27 in funding for Virginia to help manage fish more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday co-led the introduction of bipartisan legislation to prevent future baby formula shortages and increase transparency within the formula industry. There is currently no requirement that manufacturers of formula must notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of manufacturing facility issues or production disruptions that could impact the market. This lack of transparency leaves more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today invited middle and high school students in Virginia's Seventh District to compete in the annual Congressional App Challenge. Registration for this year's competition opens tomorrow, June 15, 2022. The competition is an annual opportunity for young people in participating congressional districts across the country to get hands-on practice with coding and computer science. Students are invi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine short-term and long-term solutions to extreme drought in the western United States. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, underscored the need for cooperatively developed, all-of-the-above water solutions that incorporate both water supply and water demand approaches to address the ongoing more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, voted to advance the nominations of Dr. David Applegate to be Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor to be an Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs at the Department of the Interior and Dr. Evelyn Wang to be Director of the Advanced more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Chair Patty Murray, Senator Mazie Hirono, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in introducing the Affordability is Access Act (AAA) to ensure that people across the country can access and afford over-the-counter birth control options and plan their own reproductive health, on their own terms. The Affordability is Access Act would ensure that once t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: U.S Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced legislation that provides an additional $10.3 million to the U.S. Marshals Service and $9.1 million to the U.S. Supreme Court to address the unprecedented security threats to the justices, their families, and court employees. The U.S. Marshals Service has already been provid more PR