WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- 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, secured Drug Free Community (DFC) grant funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the Nicholas Intervention Coalition and the Raleigh County Prevention Coalition, Inc. These grants aim to help local community organizations spread awareness   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) with regards to the Biden-Harris administration's final rules on mental health parity: "For over a year, we've been telling the Biden-Harris administration that these rules will not work. They are too vague and burdensome; the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,948,069 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for two programs dedicated to promoting public safety and supporting victims of crime across West Virginia. "I'm pleased that these critical investments from the Department of Justice will expand West Virginia's victim compensation and victim assistance p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Chairman James Comer calling for the Oversight Committee to hold a hearing to address the gun violence epidemic plaguing this country following the Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia. According to reports, the 14-y  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today pressed online retailers -- including Amazon, eBay, and Facebook Marketplace -- for information on their efforts to curb the resale of stolen goods. Consumers, communities, and businesses bear the costs of rising prices due to organized retail crime and supply chain crime. In Virginia, $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen annually -- con  more