WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Congressman Alex X. Mooney joined a bipartisan majority in voting to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for her antisemitic comments following Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel. Censure is the second highest punishment the House can impose on a member short of expulsion. Rep. Tlaib has continued to parrot Hamas talking points claiming that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza and has refused to withdraw her incendiary statement even af more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act reauthorized the federal government's annual dedicated funding commitment to WMATA. The historic legislation included my bill, the Metro Accountability and Investment Act, which conditioned continued federal funding on WMATA making reforms to strengthen the independence of the WMATA Office of Inspector General (OIG). While WMATA has met  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Yesterday, Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced the Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2023, a bill to support access to lower-priced generic prescription drugs. To limit competition and reap above-market profits longer, name-brand drug manufacturers use "Pay-for-Delay" patent settlements that pay generic manufacturers to stay out of the market. These tacti more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 102 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden calling on his Administration to designate the Palestinian territories for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and/or authorize Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Palestinians present in the United  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), led a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging congressional leadership to renew expired funding for child care in any supplemental funding package. Funding the lawmakers passed in the American Res more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Jack Reed (D-RI) and the majority of Senate Democrats in a letter to President Biden condemning the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas and expressing the need to defeat the threat from Hamas and protect civilians in Gaza. Sp more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, detailing the need for the United States to establish its leadership in the research, development, production and manufacturing of new battery technologies. Currently, the People's R more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- 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, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing titled, "Accessing Clean Water Infrastructure Assistance: Small, Rural, Disadvantaged and Underserved Communities." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the Protecting America from Spies Act, which would allow the Department of State to deny visas to any individual if a consulate officer, an immigration officer, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the U.S. Attorney General knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, that the individual has committed acts of espionage or intellectual property theft against the United  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined the Ways and Means Committee hearing on the financial security of American seniors and retirees and what Congress can do to make sure they are not being taken advantage of by the Biden Administration's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activism. Congresswoman Miller highlighted how ESG mandates are devastating coal communities and steering investment funds away from energy co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- 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 hearing titled, "Accessing Clean Water Infrastructure Assistance: Small, Rural, Disadvantaged and Underserved Communities." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Capito as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman...and thank you all  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- 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 improving access to clean water infrastructure in communities across the country. HIGHLIGHTS: ON STATES NEEDING FLEXIBILITY TO MEET UNIQUE NEEDS: "I talked in my opening statement about EPA's role to ensure state  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Michelle Steel, R-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Today, Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx's (R-NC) bill the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act passed the House of Representative Education and Workforce Committee with bipartisan support. The DETERRENT Act brings much-needed transparency, accountability, and clarity to foreign gift reporting req more PR