| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Wednesday August 21, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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PHOTOS: Capito Hosts CISA Director to Review Cybersecurity Efforts at Marshall University
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today hosted Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly in Huntington, W.Va. to see firsthand the impact that Marshall University's Institute for Cyber Security and the National Center of Excellence for Cyber Security in Critical Infrastructure (NCOE
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Rep. Biggs: Radical Biden-Harris Regime Refuses to Hold Illegal Aliens Accountable
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024:
This week, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) sent a letter to Jessica Aber, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, concerning the alarming release of foreign nationals exhibiting potential terrorist activity.
Hasan Yousef Hamdan and Mohammad Khair Dabous, Jordanian nationals illegally present in the United States, were arrested and placed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme
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Rep. Kiggans Visits Isle of Wight to Present Federal Dollars for New Water Tank Required for Expanded Health Services
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Aug. 20, 2024:
Last week, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) visited with Isle of Wight County officials to learn how the $1,250,000 she secured in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bills will be used to construct a new elevated water storage tank. With the construction of a new hospital in Smithfield, the county requires additional infrastructure to support it, including increased water storage
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Rep. Spanberger Urges USDA to Develop New Solutions to Combat Spread of Bird Flu, Protect Virginia Flocks
WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger -- the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee -- joined a bipartisan group of fellow committee members in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a new, comprehensive effort to combat the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as "bird flu."
HPAI is a contagious viral disease that primari
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Senate Energy Committee Chairman Manchin Applauds Forest Service Agreement to Purchase Blackwater Canyon Property
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024:
Today, Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Co-chair of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, applauded an agreement between John Crites and his family and the U.S. Forest Service to move forward with the sale of approximately 2,700 acres of land owne
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