WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- 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.) joined 79 Senate and House members in sending a bicameral letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Andrea Gacki, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), requesting a delay in the implementation of new reporting requirements for small businesses. The letter - led by U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and U.S. Repr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2023: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded Virginia Tech $238,500 in Food and Ag Sciences National Needs Graduate and Post-grad Fellowship Grants. Virginia Tech plans to use the grant money to steer three graduate students towards the completion of their doctoral degree and eventual placement in industry or research positi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following opening statement at a member day hearing on Dec. 1, 2023: * * * Thanks to all of our guests for joining this year's Member Day hearing. Non-committee Members are invited to share stories, policies, and issues from their home districts to help inform our decision making as we move forward with legislation. The Committee plans soon to pass key pieces of legislation impacting post-secondary education more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of the Treasury to lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs by enforcing a rule limiting the use of harmful "copay accumulators." more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the nomination of Joe Adams for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia. "I applaud the Biden Administration for nominating Joe Adams to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia. His 25 years of service as a West Virginia State Police Officer, State Trooper, and senior investigator with the Bureau of Criminal Investig more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- 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 Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass a national security supplemental funding package to secure the Southern Border as well as support Ukraine and Israel. "We are facing a turning point in history--a sold-out Southern Border that is facing an unprecedented number of migrants flowing through every day and two of  more PR