CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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, today announced $27,072,343 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support Head Start Projects across West Virginia, two public health initiatives regarding hospital preparedness and youth immunization, and funding two more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- 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 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su regarding processing delays of H-2B applications. The Department of Labor (DOL) is required to take first action on applications within seven days, yet it's taken 90 days for many application more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary to the National Review: * * * Many employers are feeling the effects of Biden's economic policies as they struggle to access the skilled workforce needed. More and more, job creators are removing degree requirements and shifting to skills-based hiring to broaden the talent pipeline and fill in-demand, good-paying careers. Yet society has perpetuated the idea that baccalaureate degrees are t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration's latest push to strip health coverage options away from Americans: "Evidently, the thought of Americans exercising choice when it comes to picking their own health insurance makes the Biden administration quake in its boots. "The l more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- 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) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to scrutinize the legality of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su's ability to serve as an acting secretary for a prolonged period. Ms. Su began her tenure as Acting Secretary of Labor on March 11, 2023--117 days ago. In the letter, Foxx wr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,800,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support a runway extension project at the Morgantown Municipal Airport. "As a pilot myself, I am pleased the FAA is investing in this runway extension project at the Morgantown Municipal Airport," said Senator Manchin. "West Virginia's airports are our gateway to the rest of the w more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Lily's Place in Huntington will receive $481,719 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support its critical efforts to treat and prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and promote healthy families. This federal funding is one of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: Today, Reps. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Don Beyer (VA-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) submitted an amicus brief in support of the Southern Environmental Law Center and The Wilderness Society's lawsuit to prevent the automatic approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Services, et al. and Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC challenges the constit more PR