WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House, today hailed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) announcement that it would regulate fusion energy systems under its existing byproduct materials regulatory framework. Earlier this year, Beyer led a request along with his fellow Fusion Energy Caucus co-chairs to the NRC seeking this outcome, which will support continued research and d more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during a full EPW hearing about encouraging nuclear energy development in West Virginia, as well as the Commission's budget and telework policies. HIGHLIGHTS: ENSURING WEST VIRGINIA CAN LEAD ON NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT: "I wanted to ask specifically more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee (EPW), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), also a member of the EPW Committee, today reintroduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation focused on improving our nation's recycling and composting systems. The Recycling and Composting Accountability Act would improve the U.S. Environmental Protection Age more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: House and Senate civil rights leaders reintroduced the Do No Harm Act, to address the increasing use of religious freedom to undermine civil rights protections. The bill restores the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to its original purpose, which is to protect religious exercise while ensuring religious freedom is not used to erode civil rights protections. The legislation is sponsored by House Committee on Education and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: During a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) questioned witnesses on the U.S. tax code subsidizing green corporate handouts and the Chinese Communist Party. Congresswoman Miller highlighted the importance of producing American made energy and terminating U.S. reliance on Chinese manufacturing products. Congresswoman Miller started her questioning by asking Mr. Turner on how the Inflation Reduction Act creates incentiv more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: As tax season winds down, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) today reintroduced two bills to improve the efficiency of the tax system for Americans. The Trust in Government Act directs the Department of Treasury to expand electronic tax filing and offer support via email; the Streamlining IRS Operations Act requires that tax returns filed on paper can be readily digitized "The federal government is only as good a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, legislation led by Speaker McCarthy to responsibly address the debt ceiling: "While President Biden and his Democrat allies in Congress bury their heads in the sand, House Republicans have placed a viable solution to the debt ceiling square on the table. To the surprise of no one, fiscal responsibility and the Democrat Party have a relation more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today delivered opening remarks and questioned witnesses at a hearing examining the role of data brokers in the digital economy. Today's hearing included the following witnesses: Justin Sherman, Senior Fellow & Research Lead, Data Brokerage Project, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy; Marshall Erwin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2024 rotary wing aviation budget request. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished members of the subcommittee, and representatives from the Department of Defen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement on the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, House Republicans' plan to restore fiscal sanity in America: "America is $31 trillion in debt. What has President Biden done to defuse this ticking timebomb? Absolutely nothing. Instead, the President continues to double down on  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill strengthens existing protections for women, ensures a level playing field for female athletes, and protects women and girls from the Biden administration's radical regulatory scheme. Chai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled "Who is Selling Your Data: A Critical Examination of the Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy." Excerpts and highlights below: DATA BROKERS AND THE AMERICAN P more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: In an op-ed published today in The Washington Times, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, writes about the need to reestablish America as the international leader in the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and highlights the recently introduced ADVANCE Act, a bipartisan bill to help achieve that goal. "With an issue as cri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2013: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 2499, the VA Supply Chain Management System Authorization Act. H.R. 2499 would bring much needed modernization and efficiency to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by authorizing the purchasing and implementation of the supply chain management IT system for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The systems will be implemented with a focus on more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, led the second Cybersecurity Subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress. Senator Manchin questioned artificial intelligence experts Dr. Josh Lospinoso, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift5, Dr. Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer of the RAND Cooperation and Commissioner more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, cosponsored and voted in favor of a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA healthcare system. This morning, Senator Manchin held a press conference with his fellow cosponsors, Senato more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) voted against H.J.Res. 42, a House disapproval resolution to nullify Washington, D.C.'s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act. President Biden stated he would veto H.J.Res. 42. "House Republicans are meddling in local D.C. governmental affairs and attempting to stop an important piece of police reform and accountability legislation from becoming law," said Congresswoman M more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on April 19, 2023: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget." * * * Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Chairman, and thank all of you for being here. It is nice to see a full complement. And it's good to see you, Ms. Caputo, because my first visit to a  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has awarded Mount Rogers Community Services Board a mental health and substance abuse services grant totaling $1,000,000. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement. "I am very pleased that the Department of Health and Human Services has allocated more resources to the Ninth District to help treat those experiencing issues with mental  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: In an op-ed published today in The Washington Times, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, writes about the need to reestablish America as the international leader in the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and highlights the recently introduced ADVANCE Act more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Budget." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Chairman, and thank all of you for being here. It is nice to see a full complement. And it's good to see you, Ms. Capu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 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, questioned members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during a full EPW hearing about encouraging nuclear energy development in West Virginia, as well as the Commission's budget and telework policies. HIGHLIGHTS: ENSURING WEST VIRGINIA CAN LEAD ON more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today pushed IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel to accelerate processing the backlog of Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) claims. Commissioner Werfel asserted that the IRS is currently processing 20,000 ERTC claims per week, but after further questioning by Sen. Warner, committed to doubling the rate to 40,000 per week, with priority on the oldest claims. The ERTC was created in response to COVID-19 to incen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Navy's recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan: "With this 30-year shipbuilding plan, the Navy demonstrates that it has lost its way. It trades decisive and bold decision-making for endless studies, vast short-term risk, and fails to reckon with the threats we face. "The future of our na more PR