WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: After U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger pressed House leadership in both parties to act with urgency to extend key school meal waivers ahead of a critical deadline, an overwhelmingly bipartisan majority of the U.S. House voted to pass legislation that would protect access to school meals and mitigate the impacts of inflation on America's school districts. The legislation now moves to the U.S. Senate for its consideration. Ahead of a fast more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 Department of Education released new proposed Title IX regulations. "The Education Department's new proposed Title IX regulations mark a monumental step in our fight to address sexual harassment, assault, and discrimination in K-12 and higher education--all while preserving the rights of the accused. By expanding more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks on June 23, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks during today's floor debate on passing the Keep Kids Fed Act (S.2089). View Chairman Scott's floor remarks on YouTube (https://youtu.be/Wr5bo1qaBjQ). "Roughly two years ago, our communities experienced an unprecedented surge in child hunger, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jus more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: The U.S. Senate Finance Committee today voted to pass the companion bill to U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger's Wally Bunker HELPS Retirees Improvement Act as part of the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act. Last month, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced this U.S. Senate version to further Spanberger's push to make sure that all retired police officers and firefighters can access a key tax benefit to pay for more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks during a ceremony to unveil the portrait of former Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink in Statuary Hall. On 50th Anniversary of Title IX, Chairman Scott Delivers Remarks at Unveiling of Portrait of Former Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink View more photos from the event here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/edlabordems/sets/72177720300027791 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in celebration of the right-to-work legislation, which led to unparalleled opportunities for workers and economic growth across the country. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: "Madam Speaker, though what I'm about to say will surely cause a strong case of hypertension among my Demo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 Department of Education released its proposed Title IX regulations: "The Biden administration's unabashed embrace of bomb-throwing activism has clearly been taken to heart at the Department of Education. "Today's proposed Title IX regulations are nothing more than a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision on Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP: "The overwhelming majority of North Carolinians, myself included, support strong voter I.D. requirements. "Their will must be respected. The Supreme Court's 8-1 decision today affirms that state statutes can be defended in court by authorized legislators against challenges of const more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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) are requesting an explanation from Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following reports that a radical lobbying group is influencing higher education policies. In the letter, the Members  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed the Keep Kids Fed Act, bipartisan legislation that will provide temporary and targeted relief for school meal programs as schools struggle with inflation and supply chain issues. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in support of the bill and the need to rein in our nation's school meal programs: "Evidence  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX and to warn against the Biden administration's misuse of the landmark legislation. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: "Today is the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, legislation that revolutionized women's sports and women's  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down a restrictive New York gun law in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. "The Second Amendment is part of our Constitution. "It guarantees the right to bear arms, and that right should not be treated with less consideration than the other rights protected by the Constitution. "I applaud the Supreme Court for affirmin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded a grant of $33,000 and a loan of $27,000, totaling $60,000, to the City of Norton to purchase a new law enforcement vehicle. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Public safety is among the foremost tasks of government. "USDA Rural Development's award of $60,000 to the City of Norton will help its law enforcement officers carry o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act today to expand TRICARE coverage and allow young adults to remain on their parents' policy until age 26 without additional costs, potentially saving military families thousands of dollars a year. Rep. Luria's amendment would expand TRICARE coverage to beneficiaries by conforming the current policy with options offered by private ins more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed Vice Chair Rep. Elaine Luria's (D-VA) amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act to establish a national commission on the future of the Navy. Rep. Luria's amendment would establish a commission comprised of Members of Congress and individuals with expertise in Navy policy and strategy, force structure, organization, and design to study the present conditions of th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) voted in support of H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act, to require federal agencies to collect demographic information related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and other variations in sex characteristic in voluntary surveys that allow for privacy protections and confidentiality. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine recently published a report detailing the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: On June 21, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (NC-05), along with Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), announced an agreement to help school and summer providers keep kids fed. The Keep Kids Fed Act (H.R. 8150) will provide importan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 22, 2022: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today led a group of Democrats and Republicans in pressing the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee to bring forward her bipartisan legislation to make sure veteran firefighters with serious diseases receive the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits they deserve. Last year, Spanberger and U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) reintroduced their bipartisan Michael Lecik more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: This week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton voted for a bipartisan legislative package strengthening access to care for Virginians grappling with mental illness and substance use disorders. Advancing President Biden's bold vision for a bipartisan Unity Agenda, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act will strengthen and expand more than 30 federal programs to address widespread shortages in mental health professionals and ot more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass the Keep Kids Fed Act (H.R. 8150), legislation to ensure that schools can continue providing meals for students despite ongoing supply chain issues. The bill would allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional assistance to child nutrition programs by reimbursing them at a higher rate as they continue to serve healthy meals. "The school meal program enhancements that Congress deliver more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee voted in favor of the House Armed Services Committee advancement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). Following his vote in favor of reporting the FY23 NDAA out of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Wittman stated: "In to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, issued the following opening statement: * * * U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The Subcommittee's mark is available here (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/house.us5.list-manage more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced the economic impact resulting from the redesignation of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Specifically, the U.S. National Park Service's (NPS) 2021 National Park Visitor Spending Effects report found that since the redesignation, visitor spending in communities near the Park and Preserve resulted in a $35.2 million benefit to the state's economy and supported 1,090 jobs in Wes more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement on her vote in support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: "The American people want us to do something to prevent gun violence in our nation. I strongly agree, but in doing so, it was important that our effort was focused, impactful, and did not infringe upon our sacred 2nd amendment rights. This legislation meets that criteria. "Let me be very clear: This bil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued a video statement on the sixth anniversary of the 2016 West Virginia Flood that devastated communities across the state. Full video transcript included below: "Today and every day, I think about the 23 West Virginians that were lost during the 2016 floods, and the havoc it wreaked through towns like Rainelle, White Sulphur Springs, Clendenin, and Richwood - to just nam more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a former fair housing attorney, reintroduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. Current law allows landlords to deny housing to individuals based on source of income, and many veterans and low-income families have reported discrimination when using vouchers to pay their rent. The Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 would expand protections under the Fair Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen striking down New York State's requirement that residents show the state "proper cause" before carrying a firearm outside their home. "I'm frustrated that the Supreme Court has limited states' rights to enact gun safety measures in the wake of mass shooting after mass shooting. This decision takes away safeguards w more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today released the following statement on the deaths of six people in a helicopter crash in Logan County. "Gayle and I are devastated to hear of the deaths of six people killed in a horrific helicopter crash in Logan County. "This is a heartbreaking time for the families, friends and loved ones of those in the crash, and I know our entire state feels this loss. 'We extend our deepest condolences t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the 6th anniversary of the 2016 flood that devastated communities across West Virginia and killed 23 West Virginians. "Every West Virginian remembers the terrible flooding that ravaged the southern region of our state, killing 23 of our fellow West Virginians and destroying thousands of homes. Gayle and I join all West Virginians in continuing to pray for the fami more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke on the Senate Floor on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Senator Manchin said in part, "Something has to be done. It's not open season on children...If you can't, as a parent, or grandparent send your child off to school, knowing full well they're going to return home safe. If you have that doubt in your mind, and that child has that doubt, and they're scared to go to school, then something is wrong with our s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $7,533,377 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to bolster local health centers, provide maternal health services, increase access to HIV/AIDS treatment, support research projects, strengthen prevention programs, and enhance primary care training in West Virginia. "I am always enco more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 22 of his Senate colleagues called upon President Biden to ensure the direct involvement of the United States in the investigation of the shooting death of American citizen and journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. In their letter to the President - who is planning to visit Israel and the West Bank in mid-July - the lawmakers stress the importance of an independent, thorough, and transparent investig more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $7,533,377 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to bolster local health centers, provide maternal health services, increase access to HIV/AIDS treatment, support research projects, strengthen prevention programs and enhance primary care training in West Virginia. "Ensuring all We more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today announced $3,617,997 from the U.S. Department of Interior's Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to 36 West Virginia counties. These payments are made annually to counties with non-taxable Federal land within their borders to offset the lost property tax revenue. "For more than 40 years, PILT paymen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, and Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in reintroducing the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. Current law allows landlords to deny housing to individuals based on source of income, and many veterans and low-income families have reported d more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced the designation of $9,000,000 in federal funding to three Virginia-based organizations helping to provide affordable housing and services to low-income individuals. The funds were administered by the United States Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund through the department's Capital Management Fund. "Affordable, safe housing should  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced the designation of $9,000,000 in federal funding to three Virginia-based organizations helping to provide affordable housing and services to low-income individuals. The funds were administered by the United States Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund through the department's Capital Management Fund. "Affordable, safe housing shoul more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded the Senate passage of legislation to extend critical COVID-era school lunch flexibilities that have prevented children all over the country from going hungry during the summer and throughout the school year. The passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act comes just one week before waivers are set to expire, imposing cumbersome restrictions on parents just as summer break kicks off. "Parents across Virginia  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded the Senate passage of legislation to extend critical COVID-era school lunch flexibilities that have prevented children all over the country from going hungry during the summer and throughout the school year. The passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act comes just one week before waivers are set to expire, imposing cumbersome restrictions on parents just as summer break kicks off. "Parents across Virgini more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - landmark legislation to curb gun violence in the wake of horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo, and cities across the nation: "Virginians know all too well the pain of gun violence--pain no one should have to experience. While nothing can b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - landmark legislation to curb gun violence in the wake of horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo, and cities across the nation: "Virginians know all too well the pain of gun violence--pain no one should have to experience. While nothing ca more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: As overdose rates in Virginia and across the country continue to rise, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House last night voted to pass U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger's legislation to strengthen support for programs that combat substance use disorder and addiction. Spanberger's bipartisan Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act authorizes more than $900 million in annual funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Hea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: The U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee today voted to advance U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan and bicameral legislation to help lower food prices and tackle anticompetitive practices in the American meat and poultry industries. The bill now heads to the full U.S. Senate for consideration. Spanberger'sMeat and Poultry Special Investigator Act would establish a new "Office of the Special Investigator  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) announcement that the Silver Line expansion project, which will provide service to Loudoun County, is fully constructed and now ready fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, on June 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) released the following statement regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) announcement that the Silver Line expansion project, which will provide service to Loudoun County, is fully constructed and now ready for fina more PR