WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Justice Announce $2 Million in Research Funding for WVU * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), announced $2,200,000 for West Virginia University (WVU) through the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The funding will specifically be used to support WVU's Bio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Protect Ticket Buyers from Ticket Scams * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Guaranteeing Honest Ownership in Secondary Ticketing (GHOST) Act, legislation to protect fans and concertgoers from deceptive ticket resale practices by prohibiting resellers from selling tickets they do not actually possess. "West Virgini more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.16.26 Education Leaders Applaud Passage of the Science of Reading Act WASHINGTON--Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7890, the Science of Reading Act of 2026, a bipartisan bill focused on strengthening literacy instruction. This bill clarifies that federally supported literacy instruction should align with evidence-based literacy instruction based on the science of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 18th, 2026 Following Whistleblower Disclosure, Warner, Kaine Demand Investigation Into DHS Data Misconduct in Virginia, Nationwide WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), joined by 16 other Senate Democrats, today demanded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) immediately open an independent investigation into the wrongdoings detailed in a recent whistleblower's disclosure.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: 09.15.26 HELP Ranking Member DeSaulnier Opening Remarks on Union Power WASHINGTON - Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) delivered the following opening statement at today's HELP Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Out of Touch: When Union Politics Leave Workers Behind." "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.16.26 HEWD Ranking Member Adams Slams Republicans for Ignoring Rising College Costs WASHINGTON - Higher Education and Workforce Development (HEWD) Ranking Member Alma Adams (NC-12) delivered the following opening statement at today's HEWD Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Who Gets the Scholarship? How the Global Shift in College Sports Affects Americans." "Thank you, Mr. Chairman more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.18.26 House, Senate Leaders Demand Criminal Investigation into Labor Department's Public Comment Scandal WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) d more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw, McDowell Leads Bipartisan FISA AI Reporting Act to Increase Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Use Under FISA * Washington, D.C. -Today, Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) introduced a bipartisan bill with Congressman Addison McDowell (NC-06) to direct the intelligence community to report to Congress on how it uses artificial intelligence with data collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 197 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSida) -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw, McGovern, Merkley, Duckworth Urge Trump Administration: Do Not Deport People Back to Persecution and Torture in China * WASHINGTON-Yesterday, Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA), Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), sent a letter to Secretary  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 18th, 2026 Warner, Kaine Statement on the Trump Administration's Repeal of an Executive Order to Clean Up the Chesapeake Bay WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement on the Trump administration's repeal of an executive order to clean up the Chesapeake Bay: "For more than a decade-and-a-half, the federal government has worked alongside states and local communities to restore the Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 18th, 2026 Warner, Schatz, Murray, Shaheen, Reed, Coons Statement on Deadly Iranian Wedding Strike WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the S more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * September 17th, 2026 Warner, Senate Democrats Demand Answers From Hegseth on Cost of Iran War WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 45 of his Senate colleagues in demanding a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. The letter also criticized the Department of Defense for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpayer costs continue to increase. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Secretary Collins Host Veterans Roundtable * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) hosted a roundtable with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins. Congressman Wittman and Secretary Collins were joined by local leaders, Puller Clinic attorneys and students, and veterans to talk about the ways in which the veterans benefits process could be enhanced. "It was an honor to welcome Secretary Collins t more PR