WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: 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, today announced $1,229,006 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia State Tobacco Control Program. "The HHS funding announced today allows us to address tobacco use in our state and improve the health of West Virgi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced he will vote to confirm President Biden's Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary nominee, Julie Su, following his meeting with her. Su currently serves as DOL Deputy Secretary and will appear before the HELP Committee for her nomination hearing on Thursday. If confirmed by the Senate, Su will be the first Asian American secretary in Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that 14 West Virginia counties will receive a combined $1,391,968 through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service from the Secure Rural Schools program to support public schools, roads and to reimburse counties for providing emergency services on national forest and grasslands. Chairman Manchin secured t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $1,333,258 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the West Virginia Department of Environment Protection. The funding will support statewide efforts to address and clean up hazardous waste sites, as well as three site-specific projects in Fairmont and Clarksburg.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reintroduced a bipartisan resolution designating this week, April 17-23, 2023, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and dedication of doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) and schools of osteopathic medicine nationwide. "Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news releaseand letter on April 17, 2023: Richmond, VA - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) sent a letter to Erin Kane, President and CEO of AdvanSix, and Andy Girvin, Plant Manager at AdvanSix Hopewell, regarding reported toxic chemical releases that are impacting Hopewell residents' health and well-being. The letter comes in response to an April 7th article by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "The article describes how the AdvanSix facility in Hopewel more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and put America on a path to be the undisputed international leader for nuclear energy. Her more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- 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, announced that 14 West Virginia counties will receive a combined $1,391,968 through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service from the Secure Rural Schools program to support public schools, roads and to reimburse counties for providing emergency services on national fore more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and put America on a path to be the undis more PR