CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 25 -- 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 Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, announced $6,802,301 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that will support health centers across West Virginia, as well as research initiatives at West Virginia University (WVU). "It's is always welcome news to see important initiativ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: This week, the NOTAM Improvement Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), passed the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Following the committee's approval, the legislation can now be considered by the full Senate. Senator Capito introduced the NOTAM Improvement Act in January 2023 to help prevent future Federal Aviati more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the Rural America Health Corps Act - legislation led by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) - to incentivize more health professionals to serve and plant roots in rural communities. "The need for additional health care professionals across the care spectrum is something I hear frequently from my West Virginia patients and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) spoke at the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on how health care has become unaffordable for families and small businesses because of Democrat's inflationary policies. Congresswoman Miller asked Ms. Kelley Moore about the difficulty of cutting health insurance benefits for her employees. "I want to thank you for showing the respect that you have for your employees, and how imp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) applauded the Committee passage of their Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, legislation to address the permanent scheduling of fentanyl analogues. It was favorably passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will now go to the House floor for a vote. "I am pleased the Energy and Commerce Committee has approved my critical legislation wi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child's education. During debate of H.R. 5, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- 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, joined by Reps. Tim Walberg, Glenn Grothman, Elise Stefanik, Rick Allen, Jim Banks, Burgess Owens, Lisa McClain, Mary Miller, Aaron Bean, Nathaniel Moran, and Erin Houchin, sent a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to withdraw a proposed rule that removes protections provided to religious st more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on March 23, 2023, with Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD), lead sponsors of the RESTRICT Act, legislation that will comprehensively address the ongoing threat posed by technology from foreign adversaries, released a statement in response to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "Under PRC law, all Chinese companies, including TikTok, whose pa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. This legislation reaffirms a parent's right to have a say in their children's education by ensuring they know what their children are being taught, are heard in the classroom, can see the school budget and spending, are able to protect their child's privacy, and can keep their children safe. "Every parent ha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Parents' Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5). This legislation reaffirms and protects a parent's God-given right to be involved in their child's education. "Parents are furious at the Radical Left's continued attempts to indoctrinate our children with woke agendas in America's public schools. As a father, I firmly believe that parents have the right to k more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Congressman Bob Good (VA-5) introduced the English Language Unity Act to establish English as the official language of the United States government. "In the melting pot of the United States of America, our common English language promotes unity and fosters cultural integration," said Congressman Bob Good. "The English Language Unity Act is a common-sense measure that will strengthen America by establishing English as our official language,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) delivered a speech on the House Floor in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, and joined Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and other members of the Republican Conference at a press conference follo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Joint Economic Committee Chairman-Designate Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Joint Economic Committee Senior House Democrat Don Beyer (D-VA), Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) unveiled a Joint Economic Committee Democratic staff report outlining the devastating cost of the Republican default crisis. The report highlights how rais more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted no on H.R. 5, extreme legislation that promotes federal censorship of elementary and secondary education and threatens to strip critical funding from our public schools. The legislation, which passed the House with exclusively Republican support, would impose an extreme agenda on public schools that aims to restrict students' civil rights, ban books, censor curriculum, and punish teachers for more PR