WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding to West Virginia University (WVU) to support the creation of a bachelor's major in Robotics Engineering at the university's Statler College Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering. This funding was made available through the National Aer  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $298,303 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program (AFGP). This funding will bolster safety measures and support first responder preparedness in Lake and Leon. "Every day our courageou  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) spoke at the 99th Annual West Virginia State Fair and received a 2024 West Virginia Women in Agriculture Award from the state's Department of Agriculture for her contributions to the industry. "I am thankful to have received the 2024 West Virginia Women in Agriculture Award at the West Virginia State Fair. Agriculture helps strengthen our state's economy a  more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2024: Last week, Congresswoman Kiggans visited with the Chesapeake Police Department's Marine Patrol Unit to learn how the $500,000 she secured in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bills will be used to further their mission of increasing community safety. The funding Congresswoman Kiggans secured will go towards the purchase of a new state-of-the-art patrol vessel which will be used t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wrote to the INTERDICT Science Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requesting information on how better to support the Center's needs and mission. In 2018, CBP rebranded and reconfigured the Department of Homeland Security's Springfield, Virginia laboratory as the INTERDICT Science Center,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) pressed Discord, an instant messaging social platform, about the company's failure to safeguard minors and stop the proliferation of violent predatory groups who target children with the goal of forcing them to end their own lives and livestream the act online. This letter follows a September warning from the FBI alerting Americans to the existence of these violent onl  more