WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- 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 Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Energy (DOE), Agriculture (USDA), and Transportation (DOT), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support public health, infrastructure initiatives, rural economic development, and academic research projects in West Virginia. HHS  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement after reviewing the United States Postal Service's (USPS) initial findings for the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR). Senator Capito has remained active on this issue, and has spoken personally with Postmaster General DeJoy and other local officials on the matter. "I have reviewed USPS's initial findings of the Processin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Upon discovering new details and discrepancies surrounding an anti-Catholic memo prepared by analysts in the FBI's Richmond, Virginia field office, Senate Judiciary Committee member and former chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is leading 15 Republican senators in a reignited push for answers.  In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Grassley and his colleagues are scrutinizing revelations that top FBI officials ordered analysts to permanently dele more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, released the following statement on the United States Postal Service's (USPS) initial findings for the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center's (P&DC) Mail Processing Facility Review. "While I'm encouraged to see the USPS plans to invest more federal resources in the Charleston postal facility, I have spoken with the Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) sent a letter to Secretary Frank Kendall of the United States Air Force expressing her concern regarding the deactivation of the Cabell Midland High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFJROTC) in Ona, West Virginia. Cabell Midland High School has consistently had 60 students enrolled in the program, under the statutory 100 student threshold. Failure to meet this threshold has resulted with their more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following statement on the Major Disaster Declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that has been granted to Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Harrison, and Kanawha Counties in West Virginia.  Congresswoman Miller and the West Virginia delegation sent a letter to President Biden and FEMA in November urging a Major Disaster Declaration due to damages caused by heavy rains and flooding in August. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) voted for H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation makes a historic investment in American workers, families, farmers, and small businesses by extending and building on the Tax Cuts and Small Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Importantly, H.R. 7024 responsibly expands the Child Tax Credit, ends a wasteful COVID-era program rife with fraud, and is estimated to more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 353,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate remained the same at 3.7 percent. Under the President Biden's leadership, the economy has added 14.8 million jobs. "Today's jobs report marks the start of anoth more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch the full press conference, click here or on the image above.** WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators 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 Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), as well as U.S. Reps. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Mike Carey (R-Ohio), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito's floor speech. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor in support of Israel and its right to self-defense following the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023. During her remarks, Senator Capito discussed Iran's role in the escalating violence more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: To watch Senator Capito's remarks, click here or on the image above. 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), joined a press conference with her colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP more PR