WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: On Thursday, February 29, at 2:30 p.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a bipartisan roundtable to hear from Jewish students from nine universities about their experiences with antisemitism on campus. "These students are dealing with antisemitism at their respective universities on a daily basis. Their courage to speak out and share their stories wil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- 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.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $69.7 million in funding for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades in West Virginia through this year's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "One of the corner more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion, co-sponsored the bipartisan Hotel Fees Transparency Act. This legislation, first introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), aims to improve transparency for consumers by requiring any entity advertising a hotel room or sho more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Today, the Congressional Coal Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Dan Meuser (R-PA) commended the ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that vacated a prior ruling from the district court which led to a nationwide injunction against all federal coal leases. These leases were unlawfully blocked until the Bureau of Land Management underwent a redundant envi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Yesterday, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a 2022 ruling from a Montana judge which reinstated the Obama-Biden moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands. "In 2016, the radical Obama-Biden Administration shut down coal mining on federal lands as part of their War on Coal. I'm pleased the Ninth Circuit U.S Court of Appeals has overturned the federal moratorium in a victory for American energy producers. Coal  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting job creators have ample opportunity to comment on Biden's over 600 page proposed rule. The pending regulations are nothing more than a power grab by this administration to expand control over apprenticeships, inject  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Following reports of a pending major weapons transfer from the U.S. to Israel, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, urged the Biden Administration today to ensure that the transfer is comprised primarily of defensive weapons critical to the security of the Israeli people, such as restocking the Iron Dome and David's Sling air defense systems. Consistent with concerns raised by the Biden Administration more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $69,700,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for clean drinking water and water infrastructure upgrades across West Virginia. The funding is made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will enhance public health and protect bodies of water across the state. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) gave opening remarks at the Small Farms Conference in Charleston, West Virginia and highlighted her Farm Bill priorities in Congress. Congresswoman Miller also spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for R.J. Corman's new rail service center in Prichard, West Virginia.  "As a bison farmer myself, I was excited to be among my fellow West Virginia farmers during today's Small Farms Conference. I encouraged our farmers to more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined more than 150 U.S. House and U.S. Senate colleagues in urging health insurers to improve access to birth control by fully covering all contraceptives without a generic equivalent. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to cover contraception at no cost. Despite these protections, multiple investigations have revealed that plans routinely violate the ACA by refusing to cove more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $3,414,043 to People Incorporated of Virginia, based in Abingdon, for Head Start projects. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "HHS' award of $3,414,043 to People Incorporated of Virginia will help continue to provide children in Abingdon and surrounding areas with access to educational and early development services." * *  more PR

STERLING, Virginia, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) applauded the beginning of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project to remove trichloroethylene (TCE) chemicals at the Hidden Lane Landfill Superfund site in Sterling. The cleanup is made possible thanks to federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "I know firsthand how Parkinson's Disease and atypical parkinsonisms can be devastating for individuals, their families, an more PR