WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor," with U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty J. Walsh. "Today, we are meeting to discuss the Department of Labor's budget request for Fiscal Year 2023. "Secretary Walsh, thank you fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of executive actions to promote equality for LGBTQI+ Americans. "I applaud the Biden-Harris Administration for its continued commitment to protecting LGBTQI+ individuals against discrimination. Specifically, today's executive order marks a critical step t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on June 15, 2022: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine coastal restoration and habitat conservation legislation. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Carper, and I thank all of our witnesses for coming today. I look forward to hearing from each one of you. "When considering our nation's natural r more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to call out Democrats for forcing taxpayers to bankroll failed and mismanaged union-run multiemployer pension plans. "Democrats keep forcing taxpayers to bail out failing and mismanaged union-run multiemployer pension plans and it needs to stop. "The Committee on Education and Labor has more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to five federal agencies under the Committee's jurisdiction to raise concerns about the Biden administration's lack of constitutional and statutory authority to enact the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting. The letters are part of a series being sent to 12 federal agencies by Republicans  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing to hold Labor Secretary Marty Walsh accountable for his department's predatory behavior towards job creators and American workers: "This Labor Department is up a creek without a paddle. The Biden administration's policies have created a work more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Today in a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) highlighted how President Joe Biden's disastrous economic policies have made life harder for women and working families in West Virginia. American households are paying $460 more per month to buy the same amount of goods and services as they did previously. She said, in part, "The real and very present concern coming from the working moms in my district is more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congressman Alex X. Mooney introduced a bill to rename the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Washington Street in Charles Town, West Virginia, as the "Corporal Frank Buckles Post Office." Corporal Buckles was the last living American doughboy to have served in France during World War I and the last of 4.7 million U.S. troops who signed up to fight the Kaiser 94 years ago. "Frank Buckles was a great American hero who ded more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger today led a group of her colleagues in pressing the U.S. House to pass a package she is leading that would help lower costs at the grocery store, reduce gas prices, strengthen food supply chains, and increase competition in the American meat industry. The U.S. House is expected to vote on the legislation on Thursday. The Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act is comprised of bills led by both Democrats and Republ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) applauded the passage of his legislation, the Keep America's Refuges Operational Act, through the Natural Resources Committee. This bipartisan legislation, introduced with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), will reauthorize the National Wildlife Refuge System volunteer, community partnership, and education programs to ensure public access to public land for exploring, hunting, fishing and studying wildlife. "The incredible i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Committee, along with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced legislation to establish a Special Inspector General to oversee the humanitarian, economic, and security assistance funding that the U.S. Congress had provided to Ukraine to ensure the funds are appropriately spent and to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Chip Roy (R-TX) today introduced legislation to reform and strengthen public transparency requirements for senior officials in the Executive Branch. The Transparent Leadership Act would require the publication of schedules and speeches for the heads of Executive Branch agencies. "The American people deserve to know what public officials who lead their government are saying and doing while drawing tax more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a third letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona regarding the alarming breach of security and privacy violations of prospective college students. The Members write: "This failure to prot more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding clarity on the Department's statutory authority for its recent and proposed executive actions on student loans.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) raised ethical questions about Biden administration officials poised to receive a financial windfall from the administration's proposal to forgive at least $10,000 in student debt for millions of federal student loan borrowers. In  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding clarity on the Department's statutory authority for its recent and propose more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the below statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s proposal of new lifetime health advisory levels that will cause confusion and concern while providing no useful tools for measuring or addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in either drinking water or t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the below statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s proposal of new lifetime health advisory levels that will cause confusion and concern while providing no useful tools for measuring or addressing per more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee, today joined U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and 25 of their Republican Senate colleagues to introduce the Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting (BIAS) Emails Act. This legislation would hold Big Tech platforms accountable for using biased algorithms that take control away from consumers and alter the way users are a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned witnesses about coastal restoration and habitat conservation legislation. HIGHLIGHTS: RESPECTING PRIVATE LAND OWNERS: "When you're talking about the Coastal Program and you're talking about partnerships...How do you weave that into private landowners and those kinds of other partners that c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned witnesses about coastal restoration and habitat conservation legislation. HIGHLIGHTS: RESPECTING PRIVATE LAND OWNERS: "When you're talking about the Coastal Program and you're talking about partnerships...How do you weave  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in subcommittee hearing today on the FY2023 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). During the hearing, Senator Capito questioned DOL Secretary Marty Walsh about support for successful apprenticeship programs like the ones at Marshall University, highlighted the need to increase miner safety efforts, and a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: As Metro announces the return to service of some 7000-Series cars, U.S. Senators and Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) are calling on Metro Interim General Manager Andy Off to use his remaining time at the helm of the region's public transit agency to "productively to lay the groundwork for a lasting course correction that reaches deep within Metro that values rules, procedures, transpar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today applauded the Senate passage of the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act of 2021, legislation to provide much-needed relief for individuals who previously consolidated their student loan debt with a spouse. Although Congress eliminated the program on July 1, 2006, it did not provide a means of severing existing loans, even in the event of domestic violence, economic abuse, or an unresponsive partner. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: With the privacy debate receiving renewed attention in Congress, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and John Thune (R-SD) and Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) today announced that their bipartisan, bicameral DETOUR Act - legislation that would prevent large online platforms from using deceptive user interfaces, known as "dark patterns," to trick consumers into handi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine coastal restoration and habitat conservation legislation. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Carper, and I thank all of our witnesses for coming today. I look forward to hearing from each one of you.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $28,896,352 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for eight Head Start and Early Head Start programs in West Virginia. "Increasing access to educational resources in West Virginia is a direct investment into the future of our children, as well as the overall future of our state," Senator Capit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the Modernizing Accelerated Approval Act they co-authored advanced yesterday as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act, a package to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) user fee amendments. Their bipartisan legislation would make significant improvements to the FDA's acce more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $28,896,352 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for eight Head Start and Early Head Start programs in West Virginia. "Every child in West Virginia deserves access to a quality education, no matter their background or where they live in our great state. Head Start and Early Head Start provide children with  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), introduced the bipartisan Homeland Acceleration of Recovering Deposits and Renewing Onshore Critical Keystones (HARD ROCK) Act to boost the United States' supply of critical minerals. The legislation would bolster the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) to ensure access to the strategic and critical materials needed to meet modern national securi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) applauded the Senate passage of their Air America Act of 2021. The legislation, first introduced by Warner and Rubio in July 2020, would provide Air America employees with the federal retirement credit they earned. "I'm very pleased to know that Air Americans are one step closer to receiving the retirement benefits and recognition they deserve for their courage during the U.S. war effort in Vietnam and S more PR