WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * As Inflation Surges, Republicans in Congress Are Looking the Other Way * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and as Senior House Democrat on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, today released the following statement after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)' Consumer Price Index report showed inflation rising 4.2 percent over the past year and 0.5 percent in May alone, the highest annual inflation rate more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026: * * * Chairman Capito Asks FWS Director Nesvik About FWS Priorities and D.C. District Court Decision Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing examining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed budget for fiscal year 2027. During the hearing, Chairman Capit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing to Examine Proposed FWS FY2027 Budget * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing examining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed budget for fiscal year 2027. In her opening remarks, Chairman Capito discussed Director Nesvik's leadership in expanding access to pub more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Riley M. Moore Praises Committee Passage of Labor, Health and Human Services Bill, Secures $3 Million in Community Project Funding for West Virginia Hospitals * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore announced that two of his Community Project Funding requests for West Virginia's Second Congressional District were approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11362) by research librarian Clayton M. Levy. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is a military cemetery administered by the Office of Army Cemeteries. Located in Arlington County, Virginia, the cemetery was created in 1864 during the Civil War from 200 acres of plantation land that once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson of the first U. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on June 10, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on the Nation's Report Card House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the results of the 2025 Long Term Trends (LTT) National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for 9- and 13-year-old more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Hayes Introduce Legislation to Provide Mentorship, Training to New Teachers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05) introduced the Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act, legislation that would provide funding for school districts to enhance and or establish mentoring and induction programs f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Murray, and Warnock Lead Colleagues in Pressing Administration on Threats to Americans from Ebola and Hantavirus Due to Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts and WHO Withdrawal * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led their colleagues in pressing the Trump-Vance Administration on the impacts that foreign aid cuts and the United States' withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WH more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Van Hollen, And Merkley Introduce Bill to Strengthen State Department Workforce * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the State Department Integrity and Transparency Act, legislation to strengthen the State Department workforce and ensure senior State Department officials are selected based on merit. This bill wo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Participates in Ways and Means Hearing on Taxation of Digital Assets * Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined her colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing on a series of digital asset taxation bills. The hearing provided Members the opportunity to examine the digital asset ecosystem and assess how tax policy will shape this emerging class of investments. A video and transcript of  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Kaine, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Decimation of American Public Health Infrastructure, Demand Serious Solutions to Major Public Health Threats as Ebola Epidemic Worsens * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), led their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., calling on him to reverse HHS actions that have weakened the United Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Champions Bill to Ensure Unions Reach First Contracts Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, House Committee on Education and Workforce, led support for to H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act. Here is a transcript of his remarks: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which ensures that worker more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Beyer, Sen. Markey Reintroduce AI Environmental Impacts Act * Representative Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chair of the House Artificial Intelligence Caucus, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today reintroduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Environmental Impacts Act of 2026. The legislation would require artificial intelligence (AI) data centers to report on their environmental and en more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. John McGuire joins Virginia Republican Delegation urging Agricultural Industry Disaster Designation * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Representative John McGuire joined his colleagues in the Virginia Republican Delegation in a letter of support requesting a Disaster Designation for the Agricultural Industry, following severe freezes that damaged crops and left farmers struggling. Rep. McGuire is joined by Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01), Representativ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McGuire celebrates the passage of the Secure America Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Following the passage of S.2- Secure America Act, Rep. John McGuire issued the following statement. " The Secure America Act reinforces Republicans' commitment to protecting American citizens and keeping crime out of our country," said Rep. John McGuire (VA-05). "Funding Border Security and ICE is crucial to keeping our people safe, stopping the illicit flow of dan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Delegation Invites Virginians to Submit Photos for a Congressional Time Capsule Celebrating America 250 * Submitted Photographs Will Be Considered for the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Washington, D.C. -Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) joined the Virginia congressional delegation in inviting individuals across the Commonwealth to submit photographs to be considered for the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsul more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine Applaud $1 Million Federal Grant For New Housing As Part of St. Paul's Redevelopment Project * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $1,000,000 in federal funding for three new mixed-income and mixed-use communities in St. Paul's Redevelopment Project in Norfolk. Specifically, this funding is awarded to the Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority to redevelop two low-income housing communi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Congratulates Congressional Gold Medal Award Recipient * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) met with a winner of the 2026 Congressional Gold Medal Award, Sanaya Bothra. Ms. Bothra is a student from Glen Allen. "It was my privilege to meet and congratulate Sanaya Bothra on her outstanding achievement," said Rep. Wittman. "Ms. Bothra spent over four hundred hours teaching science, technology, engineering, and ma more PR