WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, 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 and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) for water system upgrades.  This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will provide funding more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- 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 Appropriations Committee and the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, released the following statement on her vote to pass the national security supplemental package."The national security supplemental we passed today equips our country with the resources to restore American deterrence and resolve amid rising threats and President Biden's weakness. This bill expands the capaci more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded two grants, each worth $70,000, for economic development planning in the Cumberland Plateau and Lenowisco Planning Districts. "These two awards, totaling $140,000, will assist in economic development planning in the Cumberland Plateau and Lenowisco Planning Districts," said Griffith. "I am more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $70,000 to the Mount Rogers Planning District Commission, headquartered in Marion, Virginia, for economic development planning. "This important federal funding will assist in economic development planning that supports private capital investment and, therefore, job creation in the Mount R more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to call out "Woke Kindergarten" for presiding over seismic drops in reading and math scores while using $250,000 in taxpayer money to indoctrinate students. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks as delivered: "At a San Fransisco Bay-area school only 16 percent of students were re more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Newsmax's National Report to discuss her call for Education Secretary Cardona to resign following Jewish Insider reports that Cardona failed to acknowledge and condemn an antisemitic chant echoed on college campuses across the country. Excerpts from the interview are below: "The American more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after passage of a national security supplemental funding package: "I'm glad we passed provisions to bolster our national security and support our allies--including through the Australia-U.K.-U.S. agreement to sell Virginia-built submarines to Australia. But I'm outraged that now for the third time, Republicans have killed a bipart more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia projects will receive a total of $3,741,000 in Fiscal Year 2024 allocations through the U.S. Department of the Interior, made possible by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These investments in West Virginia will help to restore native species to our grasslands and forests, and they include $1,450,000 to restore 50 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his vote for the final passage of the national security supplemental, which includes support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. "While I'm pleased the Senate came together to pass bipartisan aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, I'm extremely disappointed that the legislation excludes essential provisions to shut down the southern border and send a clear message to the world that if you co more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) cosponsored the bipartisan Reproductive Freedom For All Act, which would codify the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and related cases to protect women's abilities to make their own health care decisions. The legislation is in response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. "The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs abandoned over 50 years of established legal precedent. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats WASHINGTON - As the traditional May 1st "college decision day" approaches, education leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, along with 106 of their colleagues, today wrote to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education to call on the department to urgently address the operational issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student A more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on Senate passage of a supplemental aid package to support Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and the Indo-Pacific: "After months of reckless delays, I'm glad that the Senate has finally passed aid to our partners abroad. Without the loss of a single American or NATO soldier, Ukraine has been able to hold the line in the fight for democracy over auto more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia projects will receive a total of $3,741,000 in Fiscal Year 2024 allocations through the U.S. Department of the Interior, made possible by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These investments in West Virginia will help to restore  more PR