WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) co-sponsored The Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, along with Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee. This bill was introduced by Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-GA) and a companion bill was introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) in the Senate. With the strong concerns raised by families and small businesses concerning their financial privacy, this bill will focus on preventing more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news and letter: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, led 34 Members of Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power urging continued assistance for Turkiye and Syria following the devastating earthquakes that have claimed tens of thousands of lives across both countries. "We commend USAID and the United States g more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, reopened his webpage for Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests. This year, the Senate Appropriations Committee will once again allow communities and non-profits the opportunity to request targeted funding through Congressionally Directed Spending in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations process. The webpage can be accessed by visiting www.manchin.senate.gov more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- 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 $17,633,800 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 30 housing authorities across the state to help ensure quality, affordable housing for all West Virginians. The funding will specifically support upgrading and modernizing public housing projects and assisting families transitioning from renting to hom more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing Russia's war in Ukraine as genocide. Putin's unprovoked war in Ukraine has included forced deportations and the deliberate killing of Ukrainian civilians resulting in mass atrocities, constituting genocide against the people of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing the reinstatement of the "appropriate and necessary" finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulation that covers generation from coal- and oil-fired power plants. "With today's announcement, we are once again reminded that more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release and letter: 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 reduc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 17, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing the reinstatement of the "appropriate and necessary" finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulation that covers generation from coal more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $54,074,769 in federal funding to improve affordable housing across the Commonwealth. The funding is awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Capital Improvements' Capital Fund, which annually provides funds to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements. "Affordable housin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $54,074,769 in federal funding to improve affordable housing across the Commonwealth. The funding is awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Capital Improvements' Capital Fund, which annually provides funds to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements. "Affordable housing more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced the introduction of the Conducting Oversight to Secure Transparency (COST) of Relocations Act to require any federal agency preparing to relocate to conduct and release to the public a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the proposed move before it is carried out. The legislation comes after a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that the  more PR