WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) Dan Kildee (MI-08) and Bobby Scott (VA-03) today introduced the Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2023, legislation that would remove the tax liability for distressed farmers on the assistance provided under Sections 22006 and 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Currently, farm loan borrowers who are already at financial risk are facing tax liability on the IRA assi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Scott applauded the Department of Education (ED) for its work to support student loan borrowers as student loan payments and interest accrual resume for the first time in just over three years. "With the return to student loan repayment underway, student loan borrowers and their families may be worried about their economic security. Tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 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 Burlington United Methodist Family Services and Marshall University's Center for Foster Care Excellence. This funding, which was secured through two Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support several health care programs, opioid response and Drug Free Community (DFC) programs, and research projects at West Virginia University  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced the End Shutdowns Act, legislation to prevent government shutdowns and the senseless pain they inflict on federal employees, government contractors, and millions of Americans who rely on government services. Kaine has been outspoken against the use of government shutdowns as a negotiating tactic. In an effort to take that option away, this bill would initia more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) announced their introduction of the End Shutdowns Act, legislation to prevent government shutdowns and the senseless pain they inflict on federal employees, government contractors, and millions of Americans who rely on government services. In an effort to take that option away, this bill would initiate an automatic continuing resolution on October 1 if no appropriations bill is passed b more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during National Recovery Month, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Braun (R-IN), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Providing Empathetic and Effective Recovery (PEER) Support Act, legislation to help peer support specialists serving individuals recovering from a mental health condition or substance use disorder. Specifically, the bill would elevate the role of 'peer suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine sent a letter to the National Park Service urging them to designate the Town of Bedford as an American World War II Heritage City. The American World War II Heritage City Program was created in 2019 and allows one designation per U.S. state or territory. Receiving this designation would acknowledge the Town of Bedford's critical role during World War II and help ensure the town's contributions are recognized for gener more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three West Virginia organizations will receive $1,771,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will support the Burlington United Family Methodist Services' Hope Meadows Recovery Complex, a new Center for Foster Care Excellence at Marshall University and the West Virginia Court Appointed Special Advocates more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $122,155 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for seven West Virginia schools. This funding is made possible through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) and will help the schools purchase laptops and tablets, Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers and broadband connections for students, faculty and staff. "The Emergency Connect more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $207,923 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the Marshall University Research Corporation and the Region 2 Planning and Development Council. The funding will support providing a variety of economic development services to West Virginia's entrepreneurs and small businesses through Marshall University, as well as developing more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,138,112 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services throughout West Virginia. The funding will specifically support combatting the drug epidemic, advancing critical aging research through West Virginia University (WVU) and improving maternal, prenatal and cardiovascular health services.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for West Virginia University (WVU). The funding will support critical research into preventing cross-contamination in locally-grown produce, which will help expand sustainable and safe fresh produce supply chains throughout the state.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced grants for three separate projects in Wheeling, Wardensville, and Wellsburg, West Virginia that will improve the experience at local parks and enhance outdoor recreation opportunities. Individual awards and projects are listed below. This funding was secured when Chairman Manchin's historic Great American Outdoors Act was en more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced an essay contest for West Virginia fourth graders as part of the celebration of the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. The Capitol Christmas Tree - known as "The People's Tree" - lights up the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol during the holiday season and is selected from a different national forest each year. This year, the tre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - This week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led a group of eighteen bipartisan Senators in urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) as Congress intended and restore federal funding for educational activities like hunting and archery. "This pivotal piece of legislation provided resources for local, state, and federal agencies to respond to communities in crisis more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Department of Energy's (DOE) role in ensuring U.S. competitiveness and security in emerging technologies. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the DOE's expansive role in research and development of AI and supercomputing, competition with China and the risks posed by the ra more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the U.S. Department of the Interior's announcement that more than 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) would be withdrawn from oil and gas leasing and that seven leases awarded to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) from the January 2021  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC--Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Braun (R-IN) reintroduced the bipartisan FDA Review of Efficacy EERW Double-Blinds (FREED) of Opioids Act, which would require scientific experts to review the controversial enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal (EERW) methodology used to approve new opioids and ensure opioids are only marketed for uses where they are both safe and effective. "It is devastating and completely unaccep more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging him to reconsider the Agency's proposal to restrict uses of methylene chloride. Methylene chloride is a cri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) to celebrate new investments to expand internet access and lower-costs for American families. Today's announcement included nearly $50 million to four organizations to expand middle mile h more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) published an Op-Ed in Roll Call on the importance of the Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act for kidney disease patients across the United States. The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act was recently introduced by Congresswoman Miller and Congresswoman Sewell in the House of Representatives. Thi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Miller (WV-01) traveled to France and Germany with members of the Ways and Means Committee to speak to the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) on the dangers of a global minimum tax and how it would devastate the American taxpayer. Congresswoman Miller has voiced strong opposition to this global socialist agenda negotiated by the Biden Administration. In a meeting with the OECD, the inte more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Round 1 of Ranking Member Capito's questions. Click here for Round 2. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee,participated in a full committee hearing on implementing the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, a cornerstone of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. HIGHLIGHTS: ON NEE more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Video of Senator Kaine's remarks is available here. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) hearing, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of SFRC and Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, highlighted the importance of the Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) partnership and his work to make sure the AUKUS agreement--in which Australia will purchase Virginia-class submarines--is implemented effectively. The AUKUS more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, slammed the Biden administration for failing to provide specific plans and funding requirements for increasing U.S. Virginia-class submarine production as it works toward fulfilling the terms of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security partnership. Ricketts is an AUKUS supporter. "This is kind of the crux of the problem,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $16,395,565.20 in federal funding, courtesy of the Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program, awarded to the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC) to deploy broadband and expand access to high-speed internet throughout Virginia. The funding will be used to construct approximately 130 miles of new fiber to build eight open-access middle mile fiber segments, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $16,395,565.20 in federal funding, courtesy of the Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program, awarded to the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC) to deploy broadband and expand access to high-speed internet throughout Virginia. The funding will be used to construct approximately 130 miles of new fiber to build eight open-access middle mile fiber segm more PR