WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Rep. Don Beyer today applauded news that the City of Alexandria has received a grant of nearly $24 million from the Biden-Harris Administration's infrastructure law to put cleaner buses on the road and improve transit service. The grants, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, were made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Rep. Beyer strongly supported. The bipartisan i more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $350,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for three separate economic development councils in West Virginia. The funding will be used to support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Econom more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,155,126.30 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for three West Virginia agricultural business development projects. 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 West Virginia a more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 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, along with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-Va.-2) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.-6) re-launched the bipartisan, bicameral Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus. The caucus will provide education abo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12032) on the Mountain Valley Pipeline on June 26, 2023, by energy policy specialist Paul W. Parfomak and legislative attorney Adam Vann. Here are excerpts: * * * Mountain Valley Pipeline: Congressional Authorization The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile natural gas transmission pipeline, currently under construction, which would link natural gas fields in West Virginia to the existing Transco pipeline in Virginia (Figure 1). more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for his department's lack of preparedness to handle millions of student loan borrowers returning to repayment. The lawmakers are demanding a briefing and documents  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra's threat to withhold Medicaid funding from states that rejected sex reassignment surgeries and the use of puberty blockers on minors: "Secretary Becerra's rogue public comments about blackmailing the American people with their own tax dollars are beyond the pale - not to mention his more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, reprimanded the Department of Education (ED) for their lack of preparedness to handle millions of student loan borrowers returning to repayment. T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which gave workers the right to choose whether to pay fees to a union or not: "Five years ago, Janus v. AFSCME yielded a monumental victory for both free speech and the American workforce. Wor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic issued the following written testimony by Micah Schwartzman, a law professor at the University of Virginia, involving a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis." Schwartzman is also the director of the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy. * * * I. INTRODUCTION Chairman Wenstrup, Ranking Member Ruiz, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for invi more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,157,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for three West Virginia business development projects through the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA). The federal awards are three of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal Ye more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $420,000 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to strengthen regional economic development planning in West Virginia. The funding will support designing and implementing comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS) through four regional planning and development councils across the state. "Investing in re more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $798,894 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. The funding is made possible through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and will support the operations of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington and the Mountaineer Food Bank more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Moore v. Harper, which opposed the independent state legislature (ISL) theory: "Today's Supreme Court decision protects the integrity of our electoral process and preserves a proper system of checks-and-balances on state's roles in regulating federal elections. The right-wing ISL theory is a dangerous fringe perspect more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined a group of Congressional Western Caucus members in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan. The letter urges the EPA to provide a 120-day extension for the comment period and to facilitate public hearings for areas affected by the proposed regulations in the New Carbon Rule. Congresswoman Miller introduced the Protect our Power Plants Act (POPP) with more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), alongside Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.), led a coalition of 99 Democratic lawmakers in sending a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, applauding the IRS' announcement of a pilot of a free tax filing tool next year. The lawmakers shared t more PR

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, June 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced $1,481,489,572.87 in federal funding for Virginia broadband internet projects through the bipartisan infrastructure law's Broadband Equality, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Spanberger negotiated and voted to pass the creation of the $42.45 billion BEAD program within the National Telecommunications  more PR

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, June 28 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Just two weeks after reaching the major milestone of $30 million returned, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger announced today that her office has now returned more than $31 million in federal casework funds to residents of Virginia's Seventh District. Casework dollars are secured and returned by fighting for fair treatment for those having issues with a federal agency, program, or benefit. Spanberger's office assists  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) sent a letter to the CIM Group, a real estate owner and developer, highlighting the concerns of tenants at an affordable housing complex in Alexandria, who have reported declining conditions and increases in evictions and rents. "We write to share troubling concerns we have heard from constituents regarding conditions of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Virginia since you more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) sent a letter to the CIM Group, a real estate owner and developer, highlighting the concerns of tenants at an affordable housing complex in Alexandria, who have reported declining conditions and increases in evictions and rents. "We write to share troubling concerns we have heard from constituents regarding conditions of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Virginia since your more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced $13,880,910 in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade Loudoun County's buses to low- or no-emission vehicles. The grant was awarded by the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Program. The historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivered a $5.5 billion funding boost for the program, more than six times greater than the previous  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 27, 2023: Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today joined fellow members of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in calling on the Biden administration not to renew the Agreement Between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Cooperation in Science and Technology (STA), which is set to expire on Aug. 27, 2023. "In this era of great power competition, our greatest competitor remains the Chine more PR