WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency's draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers and employers. In the letter, Foxx and Fulcher write: "We are concerned the St more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), introduced the Assuring that the Fact-Finding Examination Continues to Track (AFFECT) Human Rights in Venezuela Act, legislation to help support human rights in Venezuela. Kaine is Chair and Rubio is Ranking Member of SFRC's Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. This legislation would direct the U.S. go more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), are urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Signed by Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer (Md.-5), Bobby Scott (Va.-3), Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.-2), more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia in urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The letter led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is signed in addition to Senator Van Hollen by Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.), as well as Representatives Steny Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), in urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Signed by Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Bobby Sc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) released the following statement in reaction to reports of a fourth suicide by a servicemember stationed at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center in Norfolk, Virginia. "I am heartbroken and infuriated to learn that four more sailors stationed in Norfolk died by suicide in the span of a few weeks. This is unacceptable and the Navy must be held accountable. First, the sailors' command must be investigated. This more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D., Virginia Foxx, Kat Cammack, Burgess Owens, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks held the second annual Congressional Campus Free Speech Roundtable in the U.S. Capitol. The event brought together leaders from the Young America's Foundation (YAF), the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), current college students, and members of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA) to discuss First Amendment concerns  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 5, 2022: Lawmakers from across Maryland and Virginia, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), are urging congressional leaders to allow maximum flexibility when the administration selects a location for the newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Signed by Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), as well as Representatives Steny Hoyer (Md.-5), Bobby Scott (Va.-3), Dutch Ruppersb more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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) blasted the Biden administration for pushing regulations that will throttle the franchise model and undermine the path to the American Dream for many entrepreneurs. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "The Biden administration's destructive regulatory agenda is jeopardizing the franchise model. "President Biden w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden's Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups: "Claiming President Biden's National Parents and Families Council was about parents is a new level of Orwellian gaslig more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency's draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following letter: * * * To: The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona: We write regarding the recently published Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on online program managers (OPMs)/1 and the actions the Department of Education (Department) is planning to take to address the issues highlighted by the GAO report. O more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: On Friday, House and Senate education leaders wrote a letter urging the Department of Education to increase its oversight of online program managers (OPMs)--third-party companies that help colleges run and recruit students for online academic programs--to ensure they are not engaging in abusive recruiting practices. In May 2022, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office released more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly. The Congresswomen introduced this legislation in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which found nearly two-thirds of colleges are more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 263,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent. Under the previous administration, the pre-pandemic average (seasonally adjusted) number of jobs added was 186,000. Under President Biden, the average (seasonally adjusted) number of jobs added is 479,000 - over 2.5 times the pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2022, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Agenda I. Nominees * DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit * Robert Stewart Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia * Todd E. Edelman, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia * Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, to be United States District Judge for the Western  more PR