WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023, and a letter: Workforce Protections Subcommittee Ranking Member Alma Adams (NC-12) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) sent a letter urging Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) to hold a hearing on the rise of child labor violations and legislative proposals to address abusive child labor. Nearly 85 years after the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), recent, high-p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Following last month's expiration of the national COVID emergency, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today unveiled his Roadmap to Recovery, a legislative action plan to help America build on the progress made since the depths of the pandemic. The roadmap includes personal stories from Virginians in Hampton Roads and Northern, Southside and Southwest Virginia regarding the economy, health care, education, and public safety needs of communities across the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to West Virginia University (WVU) for two research projects. One project revolves around water quality and is funded by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program that Se more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and member of the Appropriations Committee, released the below statement on the groundbreaking of the Kerens to Parsons section of Corridor H. For years, Capito has delivered resources for Corridor H's completion through Congressionally Directed Spending, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act she cra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) this week reintroduced the Supporting Families Through Addiction Act with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Representatives Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) and David Trone (D-Md.). The legislation would create a $25 million grant program over five years to help national and local nonprofit organizations provide support services to the families of those undergoing substance use diso more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service is investing $1,092,000 from the National Parks and Public Legacy Restoration Fund (NPPLRF) to address three deferred maintenance projects in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest. This funding was made possible by Chairman Manchin's Great American Outdoors Act w more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,275,000 from the Department of Interior (DOI) for plugging and remediating orphaned oil and gas well sites located in the Monongahela National Forest and Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge. This funding was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, commends the groundbreaking ceremony for section 3 of Corridor H from Kerens to Parsons. Current work on Corridor H has been made possible as a result of $274,442,537 of federal funding secured by Senator Manchin. "I have been working to complete Corridor H since I was Governor. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead negotiator of the Infrastructure Inv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the Federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the increased damage and risks posed by wildfires, the waning recruitment of wildland firefighters, the health risks associated with firefighting activitie more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Leveling the Playing Field Act to strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and ensure they remain effective tools to combat unfair trade practices and protect American workers. The legislation would improve the effectiveness of the U.S. trade remedy system in responding to repeat offenders and serial cheaters, helping to level the playing field for American workers. A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced the Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act to allow the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer more forfeited Russian assets to Ukraine. "Defeating Putin and supporting the Ukrainian people against this ruthless and unjust war must remain our top priority," said Senator Manchin. "This bipartisan legislation wi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement on the shooting at the Altria Theater after the Huguenot High School graduation: "First and foremost, I would like to extend my sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the individuals who died in tonight's shooting, and I pray for the recovery of the other victims who were injured. Second, my thoughts are with those who were traumatized by more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) announced $498,840 secured through Community Project Funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the DigDeep Right to Water Project that will be invested into a sanitary septic and sewerage service project in McDowell County. "The health and wellbeing of West Virginians is my priority in Congress," said Congresswoman Miller. "Securing this funding and investing it into cleaner and safer water systems is more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced bipartisan legislation, which would extend the U.S. government's authority to impose sanctions on the Nicaraguan regime through December 31, 2028. The bill would also expand sanctions to include Nicaraguan officials responsible for violations of the human rights of religious believers, direct the U.S. State Department to enforce sectoral sanctions, and direct State to work  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Cheryl Morman, president of the Virginia Alliance for Family Child Care Associations, involving a hearing on May 31, 2023, entitled "Solving the Child Care Crisis: Meeting the Needs of Working Families and Child Care Workers": * * * My name is Cheryl Morman, and I have owned and operated Blessings From Above Child Development Center, a family child care program in Richmond, Virginia, for over 20 years. I am the current president  more PR

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, June 9 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger today celebrated an award of $3.2 million -- made possible through the bipartisan infrastructure law -- to improve railroad crossing safety in Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Hanover Counties. Spanberger joined U.S. Department of Transportation Under Secretary Carlos Monje Jr., Virginia Transportation Secretary W. Sheppard Miller III, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRP more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 8, 2023: * * * Today, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement: "We are deeply disturbed by reports that Havana and Beijing are working together to target the United States and our people. The United States must respond to China's ongoing and brazen attacks on our nation's security. We must be clear that it would be unacceptable for China to establish a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the confirmation of Shannon R. Saylor to be the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia--which operates courts in Alexandria, Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond--for a term of four years: "Throughout his time in the Army, as a police officer, and with the Eastern District of Virginia, Shannon R. Saylor has demonstrated an unwavering more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), co-chairs of the Community Development Finance Caucus, along with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo held an event today on Capitol Hill with corporate and banking leaders to announce that members of the Economic Opportunity Coalition have reached their goal of securing $1 billion in committed deposits in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Deposito more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, Representatives Rob Wittman (R-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation to uplift and support aquaculture and aquaculture farmers and harvesters. The Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood (SHELLS) Act will create a program office for aquaculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote blue car more PR