WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 11, 2023: * * * The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $464,000 to the Friends of Southwest Virginia in order to fund planning services, a paid staff position, and two partner conferences in an effort to develop high-quality projects in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Southwest Virginia, and Appalachia as a whole, have so much to of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 26, 2023, entitled "To Examine Opportunities for Congress to Reform the Process for Permitting Electric Transmission Lines, Pipelines, and Energy Production on Federal Lands": * * * * The Committee will come to order. * Today we continue the important work of considering reforms to our energy permitting system and the state of energy on our public lands and waters.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the bipartisan Accelerating the Growth of Rural Innovation and Tourism Opportunities to Uphold Rural Industries and Sustainable Marketplaces (AGRITOURISM) Act. This legislation would create an Office of Agritourism at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to represent the interests of agritourism businesses and consolidate federal resources to susta more PR