CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 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 (Labor-HHS), today announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support five Rural Communities Opioid Response programs focused on addressing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) across West Virginia. The purpo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration issued a final rule to update Davis-Bacon Act regulations on prevailing wages for federal construction projects: "This administration can't bend over backward far enough to satisfy its union puppet masters. The Wage and Hour Division's sweeping Davis-B more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- 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 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran and General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo outlining dozens of instances of misconduct found in documents provided by NLRB whistleblower Rebecca Dormon. Dorman provided the Committee with more than 500 pages of documents related to the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Aug. 14, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced she has introduced the Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2023 alongside Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26), and Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04). This legislation will improve the national healthcare workforce shortage by amending the Internal Revenue Code to ensure tax-status parity between the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Nurse Corps programs. Senato more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $1,064,397 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for three projects to enhance environmental and public health across West Virginia. The funding will support water quality restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, statewide efforts to  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This summer, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured $312,452,233 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) for local West Virginia projects in the Senate Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2024 funding bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee, under regular order and on a bipartisan basis, reported all 12 annual appropriations bills to the full Senate for the first time since 2018.  more PR