WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Beyer, member of the bipartisan Task Force On Artificial Intelligence and vice-chair of the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Caucus, issued the following statement today on Vice President Kamala Harris' announcement of government-wide policies from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to promote beneficial uses of AI innovation and mitigate AI risks in federal agencies: "Today's OMB policies announced by Vice President Harris are a big step  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- 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 Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced resources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the West Virginia Division of Emergency Management. The award will be used to help cover costs of ongoing recovery projects following a major weather disaster in April 2018. "Many com more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), delivered remarks at the 6th annual West Virginia Focus Forward Conference in Morgantown, W.Va. The conference, hosted by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, brings together business, government, and education leaders to explore forward thinking ideas.During her remarks, Senator Capito, who is also a member of the Se more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - 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), hosted Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Morgantown, W.Va. for a series of visits at West Virginia University (WVU) to highlight the work being done at the university through NIH funding.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan outlining significant legal and economic concerns with the agency's proposed tax on natural gas producers that is being implemented as part of the Democrats' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" targeting American energy workers and employers.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- 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 after the Office of Management and Budget issued its first government-wide policy on addressing and adopting AI: "The Biden Administration's AI Memo is a crucial step forward in the federal government's responsible embrace of AI. Importantly, this memo seeks to address two cri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week the Republican Study Committee (RSC) - the House GOP's conference's largest ideological conference, with 80 percent of House Republicans currently listed as members - issued a new budget for FY25 and beyond that called, among other things, for major changes and/or cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. The full document, as outlined below, contains wide-ranging policy proposals that would result in the radical tra more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech a $214,505 grant for cancer treatment research. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Virginia Tech has a dedicated and talented group of professionals advancing our knowledge and capabilities in the health sector." "I am pleased the Department of Health and Human Services has awar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra opposing the final rules titled "Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage," which lim more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined a group of 23 Republican colleagues in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing serious concern over the $110 billion in target tax increases on the production of oil, gas, and coal in the Biden administration's General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) toured Concord University in Athens, West Virginia to learn about the school's new educational programs. Congresswoman Miller also met with the director of Bluefield Economic Development Authority (EDA) to discuss economic updates in Bluefield, West Virginia. Congresswoman Miller visited Concord University's campus where she met with faculty to walk through the new programs that the school is offering to its more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) visited the DaVita Greater Charleston Dialysis Center in Charleston, West Virginia to speak with staff and patients about dialysis care. Congresswoman Miller also toured the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) to discuss USPS's plans for facility improvements. Congresswoman Miller visited the DaVita Greater Charleston Dialysis Center where she met with staff and patients to hear about the po more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **Click here to download event b-roll** GRAFTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to Anna Jarvis Elementary School in Grafton, W.Va. to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Joining Senator Capito in hosting the Girls Rise Up event was Sarah Lojewski, who is currently Miss Morgantown and advocates for women in sports with her Community Se more PR