WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, 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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority (KCEAA). This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, 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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support eight projects at West Virginia University (WVU) Hospitals, Inc., including WVU Medicine Children's Hospital and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced legislation to ensure that first responders and other essential community members have access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs, like naloxone. The legislation, the Safe Response Act, invests in a critical grant program that allows states, local government entities, and Tribes to tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2023, legislation authored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, to reauthorize the Brownfields program, which supports redevelopment efforts at legacy industrial sites in local communities. "The Brownf more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2023, legislation authored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, to reauthorize the Brownfields program, which supports redevelopment efforts at legacy industri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 27, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded $1 million to the Piedmont Regional Community Services Board, which serves the counties of Franklin, Patrick, and Henry, and the City of Martinsville, for the enhancement of its adult drug court. This funding, through BJA's fiscal year 2023 Adult Treatment Court Site-Based program, will be used to increase the court's capacity, serving an additional 60 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 27, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $217,482 to People Incorporated of Virginia, based in Abingdon and serving large portions of Southwest Virginia, for affordable housing and supportive services. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "The Department of Health and Human Services' award of $217,482 to People Incorporated of Virginia will allow the organization  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, introduced the Modernizing the Federal Calendar Act, legislation to reduce the use of harmful stopgap spending bills and shutdowns by changing the annual government funding deadline from October 1 to January 1, to better align with when Congress actually passes year-long funding bills. "During my time in the Senate, Congress has never passed year-long government fundi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- 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 $7,217,136 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for three West Virginia projects. The funding will support infrastructure improvements towards the expansion of the Beech Bottom Industrial Complex in Weirton, as well as upgrades to water treatment and distribution systems in Pineville and Doddridge County. "Investing in our c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- 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) introduced the Increasing American Ferrosilicon Production Act in the House of Representatives, which will impose a tariff on Si 75% ferrosilicon, the last remaining Russian ferrosilicon product that is imported into the United States duty free. This bill will encourage U.S.-based producers of ferrosilicon to increase domestic production and create more  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's opening remarks from the committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Oversight of the General Services Administration: Examining the Federal Real Estate Portfolio." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement regarding a lawsuit that was filed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and President Donald Trump. This lawsuit aims to remove and disqualify President Trump from appearing on the 2024 presidential election ballot in West Virginia. West Virginia Republican Party C more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Oversight of the General Services Administration: Examining the Federal Real Estate Portfolio." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to our witnesses. I want to thank you for calling this hearing. It' more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: 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 federal building usage with witnesses from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the General Services Administration (GSA). HIGHLIGHTS: ON NEED TO HAVE A STANDARD UTILIZATION BENCHMARK FOR BUILDING more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, with three days remaining until the government funding deadline, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine issued the following statement on the need to fund the government and protect nearly seven million women and children, including 127,124 in Virginia, who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): "A government shutdown not only impacts those near Washington, D.C. It has real, tangible consequences more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's questions. 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 federal building usage with witnesses from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the General Services Administration (GSA). HIGHLIGHTS: ON NEED TO HAVE A STANDARD UTI more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced $10,000,000 in federal funding to expand access to job training in the Richmond and Hampton Roads regions. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration's Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program, which provides funding for public-privat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, with three days remaining until the government funding deadline, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine issued the following statement on the need to fund the government and protect nearly seven million women and children, including 127,124 in Virginia, who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): "A government shutdown not only impacts those near Washington, D.C. It has real, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $700,000 in federal funding for the Hurley Waterline Extension Project. The funding, courtesy of the Appalachian Regional Commission, will be awarded to the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors for the Hurley Waterline Extension Project, improving water access to 97 households in the area. "For too long members of the Hurley community have relied on private wells, hau more PR