WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation's capital, issued the following statement today: "Killing DCA's perimeter slot rule would seriously worsen aircraft noise in the National Capital region, a particularly unfortunate development so soon after the actions we announced with the FAA and regional leaders earlier this week to reduce helicopter noise. It would also increase congestion and delays, and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the Northern Virginia suburbs of the nation's capital, today announced his 15 submissions on behalf of Virginia's 8th Congressional District requesting federal funds from the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF) Program, which will provide targeted funding for local projects across the country. "The Community Project Funding requests I submitted on behalf of Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Chu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a letter - led by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) - to the Biden administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson. The letter expressed the senators' outrage at Thompson's proposal to penalize Americans who have managed their money responsibly in order to subsidize high-risk borrowers with low credit. "This shorts more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10956) on the Department of Justice's ad tech antitrust case against Google on April 27, 2023, by legislative attorneys Alexander H. Pepper and Jay B. Sykes. Here are excerpts: * * * The DOJ's Ad Tech Antitrust Case Against Google: A Brief Overview On January 24, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and several state attorneys general filed a civil antitrust suit against Google in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Distric more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on April 27, 2023: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement regarding today's Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) oversight of agencies' hiring of political appointees into career positions, a practice known as "burrowing." "I remain committed to protecting the civil s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on April 26, 2023: As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol marks his first visit to the United States, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Korea, Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the Partner with Korea Act, bipartisan legislation that builds on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KOR more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 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, this week led the EPW Committee in advancing two bipartisan bills to improve our nation's recycling and composting systems by a voice vote. Last week, Capito, Carper, and Boozman introduced both pieces of legislation, the R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: 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, this week led the EPW Committee in advancing two bipartisan bills to improve our nation's recycling and composting systems by a voice vote. Last week, Capito, Carper, and B more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on April 19, 2023, entitled "Who is Selling Your Data: A Critical Examination of the Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy": Here are excerpts and highlights: * * * DATA BROKERS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S PRIVACY "Welcome everyone to what I hope will be a productive, fact-finding hearing on the current state of the data broker ecosystem. "It is o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on April 18, 2023, entitled "Insights From the HHS Inspector General on Oversight of Unaccompanied Minors, Grant Management, and CMS." CMS is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts and highlights: * * * A LONG OVERDUE HEARING "Today's hearing is long overdue. "It is my understanding that this is the first time in over 20 years that the HHS Inspector Gener more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) opened a probe into the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of Inspector General (OIG) over its efforts to undermine a legitimate congressional inquiry by investigating a subpoena issued by Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) based on whistleblower accounts. In a letter to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), applauded the renaming of Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams. The military base will hold an official redesignation ceremony today at 1 PM. Kaine cosponsored an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that initiated the process to rename military bases and Department of Defense (DOD) facilities named after individuals tied to the Confederacy. Fort Gre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03) in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Kaine and Senator Murray in leading reintroduction of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement urging President Biden to negotiate with Speaker McCarthy to avoid defaulting on our national debt. "The clock is ticking on this debt ceiling crisis and the American people will pay the economic price if President Biden continues to refuse to sit down and negotiate a commonsense compromise that would prevent a historic default. "Speaker McCarthy did his job and h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted for a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and recognize the amendment as a valid part of the Constitution provided the 38-state threshold has been met. In January, Senator Manchin joined 52 of his bipartisan colleagues in cosponsoring this resolution. "I proudly voted to remove the procedural barrier blocking the ratificati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Vice Chair of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Caucus, joined ERA Caucus Co-Chairs Cori Bush (MO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and other members of the ERA Caucus in marching to the Senate floor to demand action on S.J. Res. 4. Following the march, Congresswoman McClellan issued the following statement: "One hundred years ago, the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced. It took Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Fort Lee was renamed as Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of Lieutenant General Arthur Gregg and Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams: "This is a momentous day for our district, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and our nation. Fort Lee, one of the top Army logistics bases in the country, has borne the name of Confederate General Robert E. Lee for far too long. A tr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Cathy Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on April 27, 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 "Biosafety and Risky Research: Examining if Science is Outpacing Policy and Safety." Excerpts and highlights below: EXAMINING BIOSAFETY PRACTICES "The subcomm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today shared stories she received from Virginians who have either themselves received meals from Meals on Wheels or have a loved one who relies on the program. Following recent reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/20/white-house-debt-limit-mccarthy/) that the U.S. House Republican Conference's debt limit plan would threate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to strengthen America's direct care and home care workforce and ensure high-quality care for millions of seniors and Americans with disabilities, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act (S. 1298). This legislation seeks to support the recruitment, training, and retention of direct care workers and family caregivers more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) released the following statement after he voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811). "President Biden and the Deficit-Loving D.C. Democrats' inflationary spending has worked to increase our national debt to unsustainable levels-- over $31.6 TRILLION in debt and an annual deficit of nearly $1.5 TRILLION," Cline said. "While Biden has no plan to avoid debt default, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) reintroduced theFederal Insurance Office Elimination Act. This legislation will restore the oversight duties of the state insurance regulators by eliminating the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), an unnecessary federal agency created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Continuing the FIO's ever-expanding reach, the Biden Administration issued a 2021 Executive Order that instructs the FIO to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) questioned the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel L. Werfel at a Ways and Means Committee hearing on her 1099-K bill, Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act. During the hearing, Commissioner Werfel admitted that Congress should raise the 1099-K threshold to its original standard of $20,000 and 200 separate transactions instead of the Biden Administration's policy of just $600. This threshold would effective more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, reintroduced their Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. Representative Wild (D-PA-07)  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- 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, co-sponsored Senator Rick Scott's (R-FL) S.J.Res.15, a joint resolution disapproving of the Administration's attempts to pause tariffs on solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries. "The United States relies on foreign nations, like China, for far too many of our energy needs, and failin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held the Senate's first hearing to discuss the need for meaningful reforms to America's permitting and environmental review processes, an issue Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has championed in order to make it easier to build and complete transportation, infrastructure, and energy projects of all kinds. Below i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- 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 business meeting to consider the nomination of Joseph Goffman to be an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with every Republican, voted against Goffman's nomination. Ranking Member Capito has prev more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- 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, participated in the Senate's first hearing to discuss the need for substantive reforms to America's permitting and environmental review processes, and what it means for employers, workers, and consumers. HIGHLIGHTS: IMPACT OF DELAYS, BROKEN PERMITTING PRO more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10 a.m. on May 3, 2023: Nominees * Ms. Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years * Ms. Elizabeth Allen, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy * Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization * Ms. Pam more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today helped introduce a bipartisan bill to cut red tape for veterans looking to use their GI benefits to pay for commercial driver's license (CDL) education programs. Right now, if an approved trucking school opens a secondary facility in a new location, existing laws require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and state regulators to deny the branch's ability to receive GI benefits more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after voting against partisan legislation that would -- according to Moody's -- "meaningfully increase the likelihood" of a recession in the U.S. economy. "We can pay our nation's bills while also having responsible conversations about federal spending. Unfortunately, this process was an outright refusal to reckon with the serious nature of the economic  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate's historic vote on a resolution that would facilitate the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first introduced 100 years ago to guarantee equal protection for women in the U.S. Constitution. "In 2020, Virginia made history by becoming the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, the Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * "With the expansion of Metro access to Dulles, long-distance flights from the Washington region have never been more accessible or competitive. The slot and perimeter rules help to balance consistent world-class aviation services at the region's three major airports, which has in turn allowed for billions of dollars in private-sector capital investment in the metropolitan Washington area. As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Federa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate's historic vote on a resolution that would facilitate the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first introduced 100 years ago to guarantee equal protection for women in the U.S. Constitution. "In 2020, Virginia made history by becoming the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, the Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * "With the expansion of Metro access to Dulles, long-distance flights from the Washington region have never been more accessible or competitive. The slot and perimeter rules help to balance consistent world-class aviation services at the region's three major airports, which has in turn allowed for billions of dollars in private-sector capital investment in the metropolitan Washington area. As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Federal  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to reform statutes of limitations (SOL) laws for child sexual abuse crimes. Only a small handful of states have fully eliminated statutes of limitations for criminal and civil child sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking cases as well as allowed for the revival of time-barred claims. The Statutes of Limitations for Child  more PR