WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Today U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) announced the reintroduction of the ATF Improvement and Modernization (AIM) Act. The bill would improve and modernize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to better equip the Bureau to crack down on gun violence and the illegal use of firearms. "For years the gun lobby and its allies in Congress have complained that 'we should just enforce existing l more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce committee, and 67 lawmakers called on the Biden administration to rescind their reckless Income Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal, which would reduce the amount of student loan debt borrowers will have to pay back by 40 percent. Accordin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Congresswoman Carol Miller authored an Op-Ed titled, "New Budget Gimmick Will Tax Regular Americans Like Small Businesses," in the Washington Examiner. In her Op-Ed, Congresswoman Miller focused on the Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act to protect regular Americans from becoming taxed for using online payment platforms, like Paypal, Venmo, or Zelle. The Op-Ed uses this year's Super Bowl as an example of being the last one before footbal more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on information released today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to incentivize investment in coal communities. Today's announcement includes the first $1.6 billion of the $4 billion total in more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined a bipartisan group to reintroduce the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA). The legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will not be considered taxable income. "Access to affordable, reliable broadband is vital to the success and growth more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Republican Leader Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R-LA) led 32 House Republicans and 35 Republican Senators in calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rescind the Biden administration's radical income-driven repayment proposal, which wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) applauded Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for the Department's proposed rule to reform the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) system. The proposed reforms make the IDR program more generous for low-income borrowers, automatically enrolls delinquent borrowers in the IDR program, sunsets old IDR plans, and eliminates monthly accrual of interest to borrowers. "I am encouraged by the Department's proposed rule, which ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on information released today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to incentivize investment in coal communit more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: As the General Services Administration (GSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) work to finalize a location for the new FBI headquarters, Virginia's leaders are joining together to make the case that Springfield is the superior site. In a letter, the Commonwealth's bipartisan congressional delegation and Gov. Glenn Youngkin detailed the ways in which Springfield best meets the five selection criteria set forth by the GSA and FBI, which a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: As the General Services Administration (GSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) work to finalize a location for the new FBI headquarters, Virginia's leaders are joining together to make the case that Springfield is the superior site. In a letter, the Commonwealth's bipartisan congressional delegation and Gov. Glenn Youngkin detailed the ways in which Springfield best meets the five selection criteria set forth by the GSA and FBI, which are: more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: As the General Services Administration (GSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) work to finalize a location for the new FBI headquarters, Virginia's leaders are joining together to make the case that Springfield is the superior site. In a letter, the Commonwealth's bipartisan congressional delegation and Gov. Glenn Youngkin detailed the ways in which Springfield best meets the five selection criteria set forth by the GSA and FBI, which are: more PR