WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Floor Remarks on ALERT Act * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA), today delivered remarks on the House floor during debate on H.R. 7613, the ALERT Act, aviation safety reform legislation that would implement the 50 recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its final report on the January 29, 2025, midair collision between a U.S. Army B more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Democratic Health Leaders Demand Answers on Trump's Shady Drug Deals After another Trump announcement that lacks transparency or any detail, Committee Leaders press major pharmaceutical companies on whether agreements actually lower prices for medications or just enrich Trump's family * Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-V more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Egypt Human Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma * U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Co-Chairs of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus, today urged the Egyptian government to immediately release Ahmed Douma, who was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters: "We urge the Egyptian government to immediately release Egyptian poet, writer, and activist, Ahmed Douma. H more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $779,421 'Secure Rural Schools' Funds to Support Ninth District Communities * The U.S. Forest Service announced it will issue $248 million to U.S. communities through the "Secure Rural Schools" program. "Secure Rural Schools" program funds are essentially meant to supplement Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT). Numerous communities in Virginia's Ninth District will receive funds. These program funds include: * $18,027 to Bed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Courtney Lead Bicameral Resolution to Repeal Trump Administration Rule to Politicize Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a final rule by the Trump Administration to politicize and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2026: * * * Labor Leaders Request DOL Inspector General Investigate Chavez DeRemer for Not Complying with ERISA Today, House labor leaders requested the Department of Labor's (DOL) Inspector General (IG) to investigate DOL Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer for failing to comply with certain requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Specifically,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Hosts Economic Development Roundtable in Jackson County * Washington, D.C. - On Friday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) was joined by West Virginia Senator Eric Tarr, Delegate Happy Joe Parsons, the Jackson County Development Authority, and local community leaders and business owners for a roundtable discussion on recent economic development in the area. While there, Congresswoman Miller discussed the work she is doing in Washington more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Subramanyam Returns $6.3 Million to Constituents, Helped Almost 4,000 Virginians Navigate Federal Services * LEESBURG, VA - U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) has announced that his office has returned $6.3 million in federal benefits to constituents in Northern Virginia. The Congressman's staff have also helped almost 4,000 residents successfully cut through the red tape at federal agencies to receive benefits, tax returns,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Subramanyam's Bill Renaming Post Office Honoring Heroic Sterling Firefighter Trevor Brown Passes House Unanimously * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam's (VA-10) bill, the Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building Act (H.R. 5058), has passed the House unanimously. It will rename the post office on Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia after Firefighter Trevor Brown, a volunteer firefighter at the Sterling Volunt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Joins 14 Members in Demanding Swift Investigations into Misconduct by Members of Congress * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) today joined 14 of his fellow House Democratic Battleground colleagues in a letter demanding Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries work in a bipartisan manner to direct the Ethics Committee to expedite their investigations into alleged misconduct by Members of Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw Statement on ALERT Act Vote and Continued Efforts to Strengthen Aviation Safety * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Homeland Security and Oversight and Government Reform Committees, released the following statement on tonight's vote on the ALERT Act. "Tonight's vote on the ALERT Act is a step in the right direction and an opportunity for Congress to keep working together to s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman's Bill to Rename New Kent Post Office to Honor Patricia Paige Passes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman's (VA-01) legislation to rename the New Kent Post Office to honor the late Patricia Paige, whose lifetime of service left a profound mark on Virginia, passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support. Paige, a veteran of the Army Reserves and long-time member of the New Kent County Board of Supervis more PR