WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer, vice-chair of the bipartisan Congressional AI Caucus, today welcomed President Biden's landmark Executive Order establishing rigorous standards for AI safety and security, bolstering American leadership in AI worldwide, and protecting Americans' rights. "President Biden's Executive Order on AI is an ambitiously comprehensive strategy for responsible innovation that builds on previous efforts, including voluntary commitments from leading compa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ahead of National Family Caregivers Month, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act, legislation that would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Social Security Administration (SSA), and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to review their eligibility, processes, procedures, forms, and communications to re more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Alex X. Mooney has introduced H.R 6096, The Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2023. This bill requires the Department of Defense to annually submit to Congress a report on allied contributions to the common defense. Countries included in the report will be all NATO members, Arab Gulf allies, and Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand. Representatives Ralph Norman (R-SC), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Randy Weber ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement on President Biden's new Executive Order on artificial intelligence: "The federal government must be a partner in overseeing the deployment of new technologies. As Ranking Member of the Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee, I have advoca more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to reports of student loan errors: "In order to be successful, servicers need to be performing at their best. Period. But this doesn't mean the Department is off the hook. "For more than three years the Department has known it would need to return borrow more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, cosponsored the Stop Campus Hazing Act, bipartisan legislation led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would require colleges to report incidents of hazing on college campuses and provide parents and students with better information about a college's hazing prevention policies and history of hazing. Currently, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced she and Congresswomen Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) have introduced H.R. 6095, the Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act. This bipartisan legislation would protect military personnel and American families from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) released from Department of Defense (DoD) facilities. DoD facilities are one of the major contributors of PFAS contamination in drinking water sources. Accordi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) - Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Co-Chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, and former technology entrepreneur - issued the statement below after President Joe Biden announced a new executive order on Artificial Intelligence. "I am impressed by the breadth of this Executive Order - with sections devoted to increasing AI workforce inside and outside of government, federal procur more PR