WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, ranking member and chairman, of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 21, 2023: * * * "The recent Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has led to serious health and safety concerns from the surrounding communities. Given these concerns, we will hold a committee hearing soon on the environmental and public health impacts of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on an updated internal memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reaffirming the Biden administration's policy priorities and the rights of states to select the projects they pursue   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Feb. 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released a video statement today commemorating the one-year anniversary of Russia's escalation of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022: "One year ago today, Vladimir Putin sent thousands and thousands of Russian troops across the border into Ukraine in a broad-spectrum, full-scale aggression, launching the largest land war in Europe since   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and 31 other colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to address short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans, commonly known as junk plans, which fail to provide adequate, comprehensive health insurance coverage. In 2018, in an e  more