WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, delivering a win for job creators and workers. During debate of the legislation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following remarks on the House Floor: "I am certain of two things. "One, health care costs present a significant burden on small businesses, and two, inaction is not going  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official state visit, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and John Cornyn (R-TX), co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus, introduced legislation that would streamline consideration of defensive military sales to India under the U.S. Arms Export Control Act (AECA), supporting ongoing security cooperation between the two nations. The AECA outlines requirements for Congress to be notified prior to the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, 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, announced $625,000 for five Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Programs across West Virginia. The funding comes from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and will be used to mobilize communities to prevent and combat youth substance use more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,028,724 from the U.S. Department of Education for three West Virginia higher education centers. This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, will be used to support cybersecurity research and education at Marshall Universit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito discussed the EDA's work in West Virginia with Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development. HIGHLIGHTS: ON ASSISTANCE FOR COAL COMMUNITIES I more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 21, 2023: Today, Senate and House Republican committee leaders requested a detailed update from the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about how the agencies plan to immediately implement the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II) case in which the Court ruled that the Biden administration's proposed definition of "waters of the United States" (WOT more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act to support the 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners who were banished by the Ortega dictatorship and are now currently in the United States. This bill would allow the political prisoners to access basic services offered under the Office of Refugee Resettlement like other refugees are eligible to do. "These Nicaraguans are political leaders who d more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $2,140,321 grant to the Martinsville-based GENEDGE ALLIANCE through their Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. "I am pleased that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has made this investment, positively impacting our manufacturing industry i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- 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 Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: I want to thank the Chairman for recognizing me. I am an unapologetic defense hawk. I a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, a Republican package that takes the first step towards addressing rising health care costs for small businesses. The package is comprised of several innovative health care solutions. One is the Association Health Plans Act, which allows emplo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of overriding President Biden's veto on H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution that will bar the administration from implementing its student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as pr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Tomorrow, June 22, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled "Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to a Skills-Based Economy." "America is moving towards a skills-based economy in which individuals' skills and competencies are what matter, not where or how they obtained them," said Chairwom more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Labor and Pensions, issued the following news release: Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA), delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market": "While everyone seems to recognize that health care costs in the United States are continuing to rise at alarming rates, it seems that  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Supporting Teaching and Learning through Better Data Act, legislation to help address teacher workforce shortages by strengthening data collection on the teacher workforce. There are several existing mechanisms for collecting data on the teacher workforce, but the data is often inaccurate and incomplete, making it diff more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on June 21, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) successfully amended the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include provisions of her Sailor Standard of Care Act. Kiggans introduced this important, bipartisan legislation in May to improve mental healthcare for the men and women serving in the United States Navy. "The rising number of sailors who continue to die by suicide should make it abundantly clear for anyone to see more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,055,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for six projects that support universities and colleges in West Virginia. Senator Manchin secured this federal funding by submitting Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill. "West Virginia's universities and colleg more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $977,733 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The funding was made possible through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which passed the Senate and was signed into law in June of 2022, and will support purchasing new network servers and switches to impro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI)--Senate co-leads of the Child Care for Working Families Act--in urging congressional action to address the continued child care crisis and coming funding cliff, pointing to a new report released today by The Century Foundation (TCF). TCF's report finds tha more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on June 21, 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 "Microvast and More: Oversight of President Biden's Energy Spending Spree." Excerpts and highlights below: THE NEED FOR INCREASED OVERSIGHT "Today, for the first time more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and its work with states and localities across the country. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) welcomed Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, to share testimony and discuss the state's work with the EDA. * * * Below is the ope more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023, and a letter: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calling for the Department to abandon its proposed gainful employment rule, a sweeping regulatory package that imposes burdensome requirements on postsecondary education institutions, increases college tuition, an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- 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 a full committee hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito discussed the EDA's work in West Virginia with Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West Virginia Department of Economic D more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- 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 on the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and its work with states and localities across the country. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) welcomed Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, to share testimony and discuss the state's work with  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Senate and House Republican committee leaders requested a detailed update from the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about how the agencies plan to immediately implement the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II) case in which the Court ruled that the Biden administration's proposed def more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that math and reading scores fell by 9 points and 4 points respectively from 2020 to 2023: "Today's NAEP scores for math and reading are a stark reminder of the challenges facing K-12 public schoo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee voted in favor of the committee's advancement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The bill's investments will support U.S. servicemembers and their families, ensure military and industrial base readiness, and deploy innovative technologies while im more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following opening statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. * * * Rep. Wittman's opening statement as prepared for delivery: "I want to thank the Chairman for recognizing me. I am an unapologeti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee voted in favor of the committee's advancement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The bill includes significant investments in Virginia's shipbuilding industry, submarine industrial base, and measures to support servicemembers and military families in th more PR