WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) honored the life and service of former U.S. Senator for Idaho Steve Symms with a Senate Resolution. The Senate passed the resolution by unanimous consent. Symms died at his home in Leesburg, Virginia, on August 8, 2024, at the age of 86. "Steven D. Symms worked across the aisle for the betterment of Idaho and our country, as he bravely defended our freedoms  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, one of the institutes that make up the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $355,935 to Biotherapeutics, Inc., located in Blacksburg, Virginia, for lung disease research as it relates to asthma. According to the American Lung Association, more than 25 million Americans live with asthma. Of those affected, somewhere between one and two million people s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), based in Blacksburg, Virginia, a $444,816 grant for research and training related to complementary and alternative medicine. * U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine trains and educates gifted physicians   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito's floor speech. Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate floor highlighting concerns she heard from West Virginians during the August state work period and reviewed some of her travels across the state. Senator Capito's floor remarks, as   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Chris Coons (D-DE), members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, introduced the bipartisan Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act. This legislation aims to advance our diplomatic, economic, and security interests in the critically important Indian Ocean region by requiring a multi-year strategy and implementation plan   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a resolution recognizing USS Carney Commander Jeremy Robertson and the USS Carney crew for their heroism and bravery in the interception of missiles and drones. U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida after an eight-month deployment to the Middle East. This his  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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 $2,685,987 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) for substance use disorder treatment and prevention for West Virginians and their families. The funding will specifically support The Martinsburg Initiative, Lauren's Wish Addiction Triage Center, Raleigh County Prevention Coalition, Lily'  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced Virginia State University (VSU) will receive $693,664 to support its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Research and Collaboration Exchange Project. VSU seeks to create an online HBCU-focused platform to amplify existing research capacity by connecting researchers across HBCUs to other investigators, projects, and equipment  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller's (R-WV) bill End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024 passed the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Miller introduced this bill to tighten the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) definition for the 30D electric vehicle (EV) tax credit and prohibit Chinese companies from accessing U.S. tax dollars. "The End Chinese Dominance of Electric Veh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) renewed their efforts to bring ranked choice voting to U.S. congressional elections, reintroducing their Ranked Choice Voting Act. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) is introducing companion legislation in the Senate. The legislation would require ranked choice voting (RCV) in all congressional primary and general elections starting in 2028, allowin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Today, the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin (I-WV) convened a full committee hearing to examine the Department of Energy's (DOE) leadership in advanced computing research, application, and security. During the hearing, Chairman Manchin discussed the need to strengthen the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's questions. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing on the nomination of Matthew Marzano to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito questioned Mr. Marzano on his  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $5,048,650 in federal grant money from the Federal Transit Administration for the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) to modernize passenger ferry slips in Jamestown for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. "Nearly a million vehicles use the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry every year," said the senators. "This over-$5 million   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Don Beyer (D-VA) led a letter from 66 members of Congress calling on the Biden Administration to finalize strict rules for the Section 45V Tax Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen that was passed as part of Democrats' historic Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter sent yesterday to Treasury Secretar  more