CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $5,561,366 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a research project at West Virginia University (WVU). Specifically, the project aims to improve the overall understanding of methane and other emissions from storage tanks at upstream oil and natural gas sites. "West Virginia University continues more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 14 -- 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, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced two grants through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council and Libera. "Supporting West Virginia's young women and preparing them for success is critical to their future, and to the future of our  more PR

MOUNT ZION, West Virginia, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to Calhoun County Middle High School to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Fifth and sixth grade female students participated in the program, where they had the chance to hear from Senator Capito on her personal experience as a female leader. Today's event marks the first Girls R more PR

MILTON, West Virginia, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today traveled to Milton, W.Va. and Huntington, W.Va. with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) leaders and West Virginia officials, for visits focused on recently announced flood control funding that Senator Capito secured, and continued support for current floodwall projects. First, Senator Ca more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida-02) released the following statement regarding President Biden's meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to discuss the AUKUS security pact. "Foreign-owned company Austal USA won the contract to build the command and control modules of the Virginia and Columbia nuclear class submarines, which are central to the AUKUS pact", said Congressman Dunn. "H more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the federal bailout of millionaire depositors at Silicon Valley Bank: "Despite the assurances of President Biden, his administration is leaning into a backdoor bailout of Silicon Valley Bank, which is grounded in woke, ESG-style strategies. "The actions taken thus far skew towards the wealthy and can only come about through socializing the risks in our fin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- 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) skewered the Biden administration's IDR rule after the Congressional Budget Office estimated this radical policy will cost taxpayers $230 billion. The IDR proposal will severely exacerbate rising college costs and excessive borrowing. "The administration's Income-Driven Repayment rule is nothing more than a backdoor  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the Administration's decision to reapprove the Willow Project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. "I welcome today's Record of Decision (ROD) that finally reapproves the ConocoPhillips Willow Project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. This is a long awaited and critical step towards shoring up Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday released a statement following the announcement that Australia will purchase Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines. "Today's announcement is great news for the future of Connecticut's submarine industry and our collective security in the Indo-Pacific region.  more PR

HOUSTON, March 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Houston Chronicle: * * * The Biden Admin Panders To Climate Activists. I Won't Support Their Nominees This morning, The Houston Chronicle published an op-ed from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The full op-ed is below. Chairman Manchin wrote: European conflict, global crises, persistent inflation, rising energy prices and the fear of a coming recession have placed America and the world at more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- 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, applauded the Administration's decision to reapprove the Willow Project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. "I welcome today's Record of Decision (ROD) that finally reapproves the ConocoPhillips Willow Project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. This is a long awaited and critical step more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, released the following statement. "After an unprecedented and reckless run on Silicon Valley Bank, there were very real risks of instability spreading to other institutions and undermining our national security and technology innovation ecosystem. "The Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Treasury Department have together acted as Congress intended when we wrote more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today welcomed an agreement between the leaders of AUKUS--the trilateral security pact between the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom--to provide Australia with three American Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, and to deploy U.S. and British submarines in rotations through Western Australia in the coming years. Sen. Sullivan also called on the Biden adm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded $11,740,000 in federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia - an effort that will strengthen coal communities by promoting economic opportunity and address hazards that threaten the long-term health and wellbeing of Virginians and their communities. "This significant investment will support Virginia's mining communities by creating good-paying jobs through repurposing aban more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded $11,740,000 in federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia - an effort that will strengthen coal communities by promoting economic opportunity and address hazards that threaten the long-term health and wellbeing of Virginians and their communities. "This significant investment will support Virginia's mining communities by creating good-paying jobs through repurposing aband more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to today's conference on the path forward for AUKUS: "First, I commend our three countries for their focus on continuing to realize the promise of AUKUS. At its core, the security framework is an agreement between the United States and the incredibly close friends and allies we find in Australia and more PR