WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Applauds Announcement of First U.S. Submarine Assigned to Submarine Rotational Force-West in Western Australia * NORWICH, CT - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus, applauded the announcement of USS COLORADO (SSN 788) as the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine assigned to Submarine Rotational For more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $1 Million DOE Award to Virginia Tech * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to Virginia Tech. The funding will support Virginia Tech in leading efforts to grow a skilled workforce required to produce, process, recover and recycle critical minerals on American soil. Virginia Tech is one of 16 schools nationwide to receive this funding. In respons more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces Nearly $25 Million in Grants for Regional Economic Development Coalition Projects * The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $24,791,450 in grants for economic development projects promoting additive manufacturing technologies. The breakdown of the grants is as follows: "Additive manufacturing and advanced materials processing operations continue to grow in the region, as highligh more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Kiggans, Goodlander Work to Strengthen Oversight of Navy's Shipyard Modernization Program * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) introduced the Shipyard Modernization Sustainment Act, a bill that strengthens Congressional oversight over the Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) by requiring a series of independent reviews of its cost, progress, and timeline. These reviews wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Introduces Bill to Maintain Program to Support New and Underserved Farmers * Washington D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced H.R. 10914, the Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act, to better support new, underserved and veteran farmers with improved access to training, education and techn more PR