WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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 Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced $13,480,000 for construction of a new overpass bridge and road improvements in Bluefield, W.Va. The funding is through the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program, which Capito championed and included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "When we wrote and negotiated the Infrastructur more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced resources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support ongoing construction efforts at Clendenin Elementary School following severe floods in June of 2016. "The 2016 floods took a devastating toll on communities across West Virginia more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and U.S Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraging him to issue a commemorative stamp honoring West Virginian and Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager. Today, on the third ann more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - This week, 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) and a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined her Republican Senate colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to overhaul i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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, Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced A Stronger Workforce for America Act. The bipartisan bill makes critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that will expand the skills development provided under the law, strengthen the rela more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) applauded more than $1 billion in federal funding awarded to North Carolina from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to help construct the S-Line Raleigh-to-Richmond project, connecting the Virginia and North Carolina capitals and improving rail service throughout the Southeast. This funding was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Congresswoman Ross helped pass in her first term. In Ap more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $500,000 to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, through the Federal Railroad Administration's fiscal year 2022 Corridor Identification and Development. The funds awarded today will be used to support the "development of a scope, schedule, and cost estimate for preparing,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a joint op-ed published today in Fox News, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Miss America 2023 Grace Stanke, and American Conservation Coalition Action President Chris Barnard write about the need to reestablish America as the world's leader in nuclear energy through legislation like the bipartisan ADVANCE Act. "Clean, reliable, abundant more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) issued a joint, bipartisan statement condemning the Maduro regime for ar more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chair of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower, released the following statement after an agreement was reached between the Senate and House Armed Services Committees for the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill, which the full Senate voted to proceed on today, includes several provisions secured by Kaine to support Virginia' more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and one of the most forceful voices who pushed to end Senator Tuberville's reckless hold on military promotions, joined U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) in introducing the bipartisan Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023 to provide back pay to military officers who were denied promotions for months. "By denying servicemembers' mi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led nine bipartisan Senators in introducing the Protecting Rural Seniors' Access to Care Act. This legislation would prevent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary from finalizing a proposed nursing home staffing rule that would lead to closures of rural facilities. "Our nation's nursing and long-term care facilities are facing severe staffing shortages, threatening acces more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced the bipartisan Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023 to provide back pay for military officers whose promotions were delayed in the Senate. The legislation would also provide retroactive promotion dates and other administrative fixes. "I'm proud to join Senator Rounds in introducing this bipartisan legislation to provide retroactive promotion dates and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) held an event in Arlington to announce $729,000,000 in federal funding they secured for the Transforming Rail in Virginia (TRV) Phase 2 projects. The funding will support the completion of a new Long Bridge across the Potomac River to connect D.C. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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 $2,000,000 in federal funding to study huge improvements to passenger rail in Virginia and surrounding states by potentially extending Amtrak service to new cities, increasing frequency, and creating faster routes. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) Program, which supports comprehe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,000,000 in federal funding to study huge improvements to passenger rail in Virginia and surrounding states by potentially extending Amtrak service to new cities, increasing frequency, and creating faster routes. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) Program, which supports comprehensive intercity passenger r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sent a bipartisan letter to administration officials, urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to address the proliferation of illicit vaping products from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the United States. "We cannot allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate the U.S. market with illicit vaping products, circumventin more PR