WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), outgoing Chair of Congress' Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement today on the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) advance estimate for the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) that found that the U.S. economy grew by 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter on an annualized basis and 2.1 percent for the full year of 2022: "Today's economic news caps a series of clear indications of economic strength. We should  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Following a recent U.S. Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) system outage that grounded flights nationwide, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined her Senate colleagues Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) to introduce the bipartisan NOTAM Improvement Act to help prevent future Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outages. "After the Notice to more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,887,325 in grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for several communities in West Virginia. "The EDA is a key partner in growing our state's local economies, and today's grant announcement strengthens t more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- 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, reintroduced their bipartisan No Budget, No Pay Act, which would prohibit lawmakers from receiving pay if Congress fails to pass the annual budget resolutions and appropriations bills by the start of the Fiscal Year (FY), October 1st. The legislation also prohibits retroactive pay for any period missed. "Families and small bus more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following floor statement on Jan. 26, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor this week in celebration of National School Choice Week. Chairwoman Foxx's Remarks: "The benefits of school choice cannot be overstated--on average, students participating in school choice programs perform better academically and see higher college admission rates.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney introduced the Social Security Guarantee Act. This legislation guarantees the right of individuals to receive social security benefits in full. The legislation also requires accurate annual cost-of-living adjustments. Individuals determined to be eligible for Social Security will receive a guaranteed benefit certificate that the government legally owes them the money. "I have heard from many West Virginia senior citizens con more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with an 8.7 percent pay increase in calendar year 2024. Connolly and Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th, and 117th Congresses. For more than a decade, federal employees have endured government shutdowns, pay freezes, hiring freezes, and lost pay as more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), also a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reintroduced the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act. This bipartisan legislation would prohibit any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognitio more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), both senior members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, introduced the Defending Ukrainian Territorial Integrity Act. This bipartisan legislation would codify the United States' support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian military action and potential annexation referenda. The Ukraini more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today introduced the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act, a bill to honor 60 World War II-era diplomats from the United States and around the world in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust. The Hagerty-Kaine legislation would posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to these diplomats who took heroic actions to save Jews fleeing Nazi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- 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 Senator Bob Casey and colleagues in introducing legislation to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, as well as increase pay and improve benefits for caregivers who provide this life-sustaining care. The bill would strengthen the caregiving workforce, improve quality more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after being selected to serve on the House Natural Resources Committee. The Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04), has jurisdiction over American energy production, fisheries and wildlife, public lands, oceans, Native Americans, irrigation and reclamation, and mineral lands and mining. "It's a great privilege to be selected to serve on the Natural Resources Committee," more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after being selected to serve on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The Committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12), has jurisdiction over any legislation - including the authorization of funding - relating to veterans' benefits. Additionally, the Committee conducts oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs. As the home to Naval Air Station Oceana and close neighbor to Norfolk  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,887,325 in grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for several communities in West Virginia. "Investing in our local communities creates good-paying jobs and spurs economic opportunity, and today's a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- 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, reintroduced their bipartisan No Budget, No Pay Act, which would prohibit lawmakers from receiving pay if Congress fails to pass the annual budget resolutions and appropriations bills by the start of the Fiscal Year (FY), October 1st. The legislation also prohibits retroactive pay for any period missed. "Every American, every business and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to ask his colleagues' unanimous consent to pass his bipartisan American Vehicle Security Act (AVSA). The legislation is in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's failure to release guidance to implement the electric vehicle tax credits by the deadline required by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The AVSA would fulfill C more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- 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, took to the Senate floor to ask his colleagues' unanimous consent to pass his bipartisan American Vehicle Security Act (AVSA). The legislation is in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's failure to release guidance to implement the electric vehicle tax credits by the deadline required more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable to discuss the consequences of the Biden administration's student loan agenda for borrowers, taxpayers, and servicers. Following the meeting, Chairwoman Foxx said: "The Biden administration's student loan repayment moratorium and executive actions have created unnecessary confusion for borrowers an more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the One Citizen One Vote Act to restore federalism and defund potentially fraudulent election practices. Hundreds of millions of federal taxpayer dollars have been funneled through the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to states and jurisdictions that permit non-citizens to vote, prohibit requiring voter I.D., enable third-party ballot harvesting, and other practices that facilitate voter fraud. "The fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) has introduced the No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act, which requires the Attorney General to provide a report to Congress within one year of enactment on the extent to which Communist China has benefited from taxpayer funded research. "Americans' hard-earned money should not be funding the Chinese Communist Party," said Congressman Bob Good. "Instead of bragging about spending time with the dictator Xi Jinpin more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) has introduced the Children Have Opportunities in Classrooms Everywhere Act (CHOICE) Act. The bill will provide struggling families the choice of having federal education funds follow their students to the school of their choice or deposited into a 529 savings account. "Authoritarian coronavirus lockdowns exposed the grip teachers unions have on our public school education system," said Congressman Bob Good. "Increased parental at more PR

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, Jan. 24 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced the launch of her fourth annual "Valentines for Vets" program to collect and distribute Valentine's Day cards to Seventh District Veterans. Virginians are encouraged to participate in "Valentines for Vets" by dropping off or mailing cards to Spanberger's new Prince William County district office in Woodbridge. The deadline for submission is Thursday, February 9, 2023. Ahead of Valenti more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), along with Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson (R-PA), introduced the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act, which expands educational and credentialing opportunities for workers looking to gain skills in high-demand fields. Following the introduction of the PELL Act, Reps. Stefanik,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $417,983 in federal funding for Virginia tribes to expand access to diabetes treatment and prevention services. This funding was awarded through the Indian Health Services' (IHS) Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI). These Virginia tribes haven't previously received federal funding through SDPI, and legislation championed by Kaine and Warner to federally recognize six Virginia tribes made it possible more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) reintroduced legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater" after former Congressman Rick Boucher. "We are deeply appreciative of Congressman Boucher's commitment to public service, and his continued work for Southwest Virginia," the Senators said. "We can think of no better way to honor his years of public service than by dedicating t more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) reintroduced legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater" after former Congressman Rick Boucher. "We are deeply appreciative of Congressman Boucher's commitment to public service, and his continued work for Southwest Virginia," the Senators said. "We can think of no better way to honor his years of public service than by dedicating th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, announced his support for the Permitting for Mining Needs (PERMIT-MN) Act. This legislation, introduced by Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), would streamline the permitting process for mining projects nationwide to secure cleaner, safer domestic mineral supply chains. "Our nation has a vast range of critical minerals and materials that remain u more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) was named Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee for the 118th Congress. Congressman Wittman most recently served as the Ranking Member on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. On the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, Congressman Wittman will oversee the largest portfolio of modernization programs on the House more PR