CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a total of $10,953,774 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), to support various projects throughout West Virginia. HHS FU more PR

FAIRMONT, West Virginia, July 19 -- 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 Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), traveled to Fairmont, W.Va. where she visited Novelis, a world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling. During the visit, Senator Capito met with company leadership to discuss recycling and tax policies, including the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023 and the American Investment in Manufactu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- 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. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, a bill to ensure the facilities of our nation's schools and colleges are used to educate students, not house illegal aliens. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "I rise today in support of H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shel more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, filed an Amicus Curiae -- Friend of the Court -- brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC's, emergency application to vacate the stays of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that are blocking completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). "I was proud to help ensure that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Rep. Susan Wild (PA-07), and Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) reintroduced the Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act of 2023. The legislation invests more than $1.8 billion over five years in training and increasing opportunities for our nation's direct care workers. Between 2020 and 2030, the direct ca more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on July 13, 2023, entitled "Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023": * * * * The committee will come to order. * We are here today to discuss the Administration's proposal to amend and renew the terms of our nation's Compacts of Free Association with the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. * This Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, filed an Amicus Curiae -- Friend of the Court -- brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC's, emergency application to vacate the stays of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that are blocking completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). "I w more PR