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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for 2026-06-26 ( 17 items )  
Congressman Riley M. Moore Applauds Completion of House Appropriations Committee Work on FY27 Funding Bills (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Riley M. Moore Applauds Completion of House Appropriations Committee Work on FY27 Funding Bills * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore applauded the House Appropriations Committee for successfully advancing all 12 Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations bills through both the subcommittee and full committee process, marking a major step toward restoring regular order and fulfilling Congress's constitutional responsibility to fu more PR

Crapo Statement at Hearing on ITC Nominees (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Statement at Hearing on ITC Nominees * Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider nominees for the International Trade Commission. As prepared for delivery: "Before us today are five bipartisan individuals nominated to serve as Commissioners at the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC. "They are David Foley, Jr. of Virginia, a Republican nomin more PR

Education Leaders Demand Accountability From USDA, and Answers on Efforts to Limit Access to Free School Meals (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Education Leaders Demand Accountability from USDA, and Answers on Efforts to Limit Access to Free School Meals Today, all Committee Democrats called for an immediate, long-overdue oversight hearing with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) leadership to examine the Administration's budget proposal for child nutrition programs and other matters within the Committee's more PR

Griffith Announces $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant to Martinsville (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant to Martinsville * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new federal funding for U.S. communities through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup grant program. The EPA awarded the City of Martinsville a $1 million Multipurpose grant to support brownfield inventories, planning, environmental assessments, community outreach and cleanup activities at a local brownf more PR

Griffith Announces $1,500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Mount Rogers Planning District Commission (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $1,500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Mount Rogers Planning District Commission * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new federal funding for U.S. communities through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup grant program. The EPA awarded Mount Rogers Planning District Commission, based in Marion, Virginia, a $1.5 million assessment grant to support brownfield inventories, planning, environmenta more PR

Griffith Announces $3,693,800 EPA Brownfields Grant to Giles County (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $3,693,800 EPA Brownfields Grant to Giles County * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new federal funding for U.S. communities through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup grant program. The EPA awarded Giles County a $3,693,800 cleanup grant to support cleanup activities at local brownfield sites owned by the former Leas & McVitty/New River Tannery. Congressman Griffith continues to vo more PR

Griffith Statement on SCOTUS Action to Protect Gun Rights, Governor Spanberger Gun Grab (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on SCOTUS Action to Protect Gun Rights, Governor Spanberger Gun Grab * In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory for gun rights. A Hawaii state law originally put unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry gun owners. This ruling comes as Virginia begins to enforce a new state law effective July 1, 2026, which makes it a crime for any person to import, sell, manufacture, purchase or transfer an " more PR

House Education and Workforce Ranking Member Scott Rebukes Republicans' Decision to Advance Bills That Ignore the Affordability Crisis (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Rebukes Republicans' Decision to Advance Bills that Ignore the Affordability Crisis Today, the Committee on Education and Workforce Republicans advanced partisan legislation that fails to address the worsening affordability crisis caused by the Trump Administration and Republicans' reckless economic policies. Instead of working with Committee De more PR

Kaine & Sullivan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Human Rights in North Korea (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Kaine & Sullivan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Human Rights in North Korea Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act. The legislation would reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, which expired in September 2022. "As China becomes more emboldened, the U.S. has an even greater responsibility to stand up against dictators a more PR

Kaine Leads Colleagues in Calling for Stronger U.S. Diplomacy to Address DRC-Rwanda Crisis (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Kaine Leads Colleagues in Calling for Stronger U.S. Diplomacy to Address DRC-Rwanda Crisis Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations (SFRC) Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, led his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for stronger diplomacy to address the ongo more PR

Kaine Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Gutting Temporary Protected Status (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Gutting Temporary Protected Status * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot that will allow the Trump-Vance Administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than a million people living and working in the United States: "Nearly 30,000 TPS hol more PR

Kaine Statement on Trump Iran Temper Tantrum (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on Trump Iran Temper Tantrum * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after tonight's vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution: "After both Republican-majority Houses took the historic step of voting that additional war against Iran is illegal without congressional authorization, President Trump came to the Capitol and tr more PR

McClellan Statement on Supreme Court Decisions on Temporary Protected Status and Immigration at the Border (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * McClellan Statement on Supreme Court Decisions on Temporary Protected Status and Immigration at the Border Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released two decisions permitting the Trump Administration to both expel Haitian and Syrian migrants with temporary protected status (TPS) from the country and to turn away others at the southern border: "For over 400 more PR

Rep. John McGuire Applauds the Passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. John McGuire Applauds the Passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Following the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) issued the following statement. "The American Dream of homeownership is slipping further out of reach for too many hardworking American families," said Rep. John McGuire (VA-05). "For years, burdensome regulations, rising construction costs, and burea more PR

Scott, DeLauro, Murray Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Combat Wage Theft, Strengthen Workers' Rights (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Scott, DeLauro, Murray Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Combat Wage Theft, Strengthen Workers' Rights One report estimates that roughly $50 billion is being stolen from American workers via corporate wage theft every year, potentially even more - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Rank more PR

Sen. Grassley Issues Commentary: Democrats Revive FDR Court-Packing Scheme to Rig the Supreme Court (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following commentary on June 24, 2026, to The Federalist: * * * Democrats Revive FDR Court-Packing Scheme to Rig the Supreme Court With the 2026 midterms approaching and the 2028 presidential election right behind them, Democrats are raising a discredited ruse to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices. Just last month, Democrats' 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris floated the idea of Democrats packing the Supreme Court as part of a "no bad idea brainstorm." more PR

Walkinshaw, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen DHS Cybersecurity After Federal Watchdog Finds Compliance Gaps (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen DHS Cybersecurity After Federal Watchdog Finds Compliance Gaps Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today introduced the bipartisan Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting (CLEAR) Act, legislation requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress on t more PR