WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces Nearly $1.3 Million for Tazewell County Helene Relief * The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded Hurricane Helene-related grants to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The funding breakdown of the grants is as follows: * $715,795 for Bluefield University to lead interior and exterior site repairs * $429,270 for Virginia Department of Transportation to repair damaged gua more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Subramanyam Bipartisan Small Business Bill Unanimously Passes the House * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10)'s bipartisan bill, the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act (H.R. 4123), has unanimously passed the House of Representatives. It now heads to the U.S. Senate. "In the fight for government efficiency, we have long needed modernized federal systems. By allowing federal agencies to mov more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw, Scholten Introduce the CAP Act to Limit the Number of Non-Confirmed Political Appointees across the Federal Government * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) introduced the Capping Appointed Positions (CAP) Act, which would place a reasonable limit on the number of political staff a president can place throughout the federal government without Senate approval. This legi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, and McClellan Celebrate $16 Million in Federal Funding for Richmond-Petersburg Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Hub * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representative Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) celebrated $16 million in federal funding for the Virginia Advanced Pharma Manufacturing (APM) and R&D Cluster in the Richmond-Petersburg region. The cluster is led by the Virginia Biotechnol more PR