WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stood up for workers at the Cleveland-Cliffs Facility in Weirton by demanding stronger trade enforcement to protect Ohio jobs and fight back against countries that illegally dump and subsidize products into the U.S. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on manufacturing, Brown called for trade policy that builds out domestic supply chains and boosts American manufacturing against foreign competit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jasmine Yoon as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, who becomes the first Asian American federal judge to serve the state of Virginia. Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) issued the following statement: "I am thrilled that the Senate has voted to confirm Jasmine Yoon to the U.S. District Court for the Westen Distric more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Ranking Member Capito and WV leaders after the EPW Committee passed bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Economic Development Administration for first time in nearly 20 years. Remarks here. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed West Virginia economic development district leaders to a committee business meeting as the panel  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined a group of 31 of her Senate Republican colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), to introduce the Laken Riley Act. The Laken Riley Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, legislation to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in American app stores. Connolly was unable to attend the vote due to unforeseen circumstances, but would have voted a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows, and National Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo as part of the Committee's investigation into the Occupational Safety and Healt more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) newest report highlighting the numerous actions AmeriCorps must take to mitigate rampant deficiencies and fraud within the agency: "AmeriCorps' legacy of incompetence and total disregard for taxpayer mo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced that the Committee will conduct a transcribed interview with Dr. Dara Horn, focusing on her service as a member of Harvard's Antisemitism Advisory Group. The Antisemitism Advisory Group was announced on October 27, 2023, and has since been dissolved and replaced by the university's P more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: On Wednesday, March 20, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation." "The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) represents some of the worst of the Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) in introducing the Time Off to Vote Act, legislation that would require employers--upon the request of the employee--to provide at least two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in federal elections. This allotted time can be used to vote at a polling place, return a mail-in ballot, or take time for other voting-related activities, such as curing a ballot or driving someone to the polls more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, cosponsored the Showing Up for Students Act, which provides $280 million in additional funding for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education. The OCR is responsible for protecting the civil rights of students in schools, including from incidents related to antisemitism and Islamophobia. Amid a notable increase i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine led his colleagues, including Senator Mark R. Warner and Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Bob Good (R-VA-05), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), in sending a letter to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) sharing stories of Postal Service disruptions and delays across Virginia. The USPS OIG is currently auditing the Richmo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter to Peggy Carr, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education, urging her to consider ruggedness scales in NCES's measurements to ensure areas like Appalachia are not left behind. NCES is responsible for collecting and analyzing education data, which includes classifying public school districts into four categories: rural more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to examine the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission [the Commission]. The 50-person Commission was created by Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with the directive to recommend policies to improve federal forest and wildfire management. During the hearing, Chairman Manchi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and a number of his colleagues sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia, urging them to issue a waiver, an Administrative Order, or a No Action Assurance to allow Puerto Rico to continue using temporary generators after several natural disasters severely damaged its power grid. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) in sending a letter to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG) sharing stories of Postal Service disruptions and delays across Virginia. The USPS OIG is currently auditing the Richmond Regional Processing and Distributio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after voting against Republicans' H.Res. 1065 to denounce the Biden-Harris Administration's immigration policies: "House Republicans continue their desperate attempts to politicize the crisis at the southern border for their own gain. Today's resolution denouncing the Biden-Harris Administration's immigration policies is performative and does nothing t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following commentary to The Hill on March 12, 2024: * * * For The Postal Service, Truck Safety Takes A Back Seat In June 2022, members of the Godines and Everts families were driving to their home in Gillette, Wyo. Traveling behind the family on I-25 as they passed Greeley, Colo. was a freight truck carrying mail on a contract with the U.S. Postal Service. The truck's brakes were out of alignment, it was uninsured, and its driver did not have a commercial driver's  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Committee Hearing titled "Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities" to examine the benefits of technologies that allow patients to access health at home. Click here to watch. Congresswoman Miller began by discussing the importance of at home dialysis for those with End Stage Renal Disease, especially in rural areas. "As a mother and gr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congressman John Joyce (R-PA) introduced a bill to increase U.S. support for the utilization of seafloor resources as sources of critical mineral inputs to fuel the nation's energy goals and bolster national security. The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act calls for federal resources to be allocated towards refining polymetallic nodule materials and advises several analyses across benefit sharing, technolo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after voting with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to require that TikTok sever ties with its parent company, ByteDance, in order to continue to operate in the United States. "As a former intelligence officer and current Member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, I've long been aware of the national security threats po more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: "This week, Members of Congress were given a classified briefing on the national security threats caused by foreign adversary control of communications applications and their ability to easily purchase Americans' data and influence public opinion. This bill does not ban TikTok, but instead requ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 9:30 a.m. on March 20, 2024: Agenda Nominees * Ms. Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State * Mr. Robert William Forden, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia * Mr. Erik John Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be Head of the Offi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate confirmation of Jasmine Yoon to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia (WDVA): "We're thrilled the Senate voted to confirm Jasmine Yoon to the federal judiciary. She has a remarkable track record and a profound commitment to public service. With today's confirmation, she cements herself in history as the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate confirmation of Jasmine Yoon to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia (WDVA): "We're thrilled the Senate voted to confirm Jasmine Yoon to the federal judiciary. She has a remarkable track record and a profound commitment to public service. With today's confirmation, she cements herself in history as the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia. W more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) announced $1,000,000 for the Southeast Community Greenway Reconnector project in Newport News, VA. The funding, courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act's Neighborhood Access and Equity Program, will support the designing and planning of the Southeast Community Greenway Reconnector. Decades ago, the Southeast Newport News Community was almost completely more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) announced $1,000,000 for the Southeast Community Greenway Reconnector project in Newport News, VA. The funding, courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act's Neighborhood Access and Equity Program, will support the designing and planning of the Southeast Community Greenway Reconnector. Decades ago, the Southeast Newport News Community was almost complete more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, after the House voted 352-65 to pass the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement: "We are united in our concern about the national security threat posed by TikTok - a platform with enormous power to influence and divide Americans whose parent company ByteDance remains legally req more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) Modernization Act to increase benefits for Medicaid beneficiaries in nursing home facilities. The bill would double the federal floor of the Personal Needs Allowance from $30 per individual and $60 per couple to $60 per individual and $120 per couple, and index the amount to inflation going forward. Congress has not raised the PNA federal floor since 1988. "Acros more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), Rep. Bob Good (VA-05), and Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-02) in sending a letter to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Inspector General (IG), sharing stories of Postal Service disruptions and delays across Virginia. The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is currently auditing th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) released the following statement after legislation to end legacy admissions became law in Virginia on Friday. The legislation mirrors the senators' bipartisan Merit-Based Educational Reforms and Institutional Transparency Act (MERIT Act), which would end the practice of colleges and universities giving preferential treatment in the admissions process based on an applicant's relationshi more PR