WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: As violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues for a third week, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), joined by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), have formally requested that the Biden administr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: As violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues for a third week, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), joined by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), have formally requested that the Biden administ more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office's (FIO) efforts to force the Biden administration's unrealistic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda onto the state-regulated insurance industry. This could result in state insurance regulators and insurers being c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) will co-chair the Congressional Coal Caucus for the 118th Congress, along with Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), and Dan Meuser (R-PA). The Congressional Coal Caucus plays a key role in aiding legislative and policy debates relating to the coal industry. "The coal industry plays a key role in helping Americans meet their energy needs and is vital to the production of steel. It is a major economic d more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chair of the SASC Seapower Subcommittee, applauded the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of the Brandon Act to help servicemembers access mental health support. DOD Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros signed a policy today to begin the Act's implementation. "For over a year, I've been working with Brandon Caserta's family more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, issued the following news release: Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent an oversight letter to Acting Secretary Su after recent Committee testimony uncovered the Department of Labor (DOL) is unlawfully ignoring Trump's independent contractor rule, which is still in effect. This letter builds on Chairman Kiley's and Chairwoman Foxx's continuing efforts to combat DOL attempts to ignore the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 4, 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, yesterday participated in a hearing on the president's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). During the hearing, Senator Capito questioned officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute,  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on May 5, 2023: * * * Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 253,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate ticked down from 3.5 percent to 3.4 percent. Since taking office, President Biden has created 12.7 million jobs. "Our economy remains historically strong under President Biden. The unemployment rate is still near record low levels, our job m more PR

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, May 6 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger helped introduce bipartisan legislation to connect more Virginia Veterans with other Veterans affected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Iraq War Veteran PFC Joseph P. Dwyer was a U.S. Army medic who returned home with serious psychological and emotional wounds from combat. PFC Dwyer's long battle with PTSD resulted in his untimely and tragic death in 2008. In hi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $669,200 in federal funding to improve community facilities and purchase equipment in rural communities across Virginia. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development division's Community Facilities Direct Loans & Grant Program and Water and Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grant Program. "We're glad these funds will help improve essential servic more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $669,200 in federal funding to improve community facilities and purchase equipment in rural communities across Virginia. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development division's Community Facilities Direct Loans & Grant Program and Water and Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grant Program. "We're glad these funds will help improve essential servi more PR