WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a group of nine Senate Republican colleagues--led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to introduce the STRATEGIC Act 2024, legislation to set up the United States and its allies and partners for success in the strategic competition against China. "We know that China is inten  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) congratulated Gilmore Elementary School in Sandyville, Kellogg Elementary School in Huntington, and Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Fairmont for being recognized as 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Since its creation in 1982, the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has recognized the hard work of students, educators, families  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) released the following statement on Vice President Harris' support for eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. "I have been consistent on the importance of protecting the 60-vote threshold, which we call the filibuster, since I arrived at the United States Senate. This threshold stabilizes our democracy, promotes bipartisan cooperation and protects our nat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Last week, Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, applauded a tentative deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft to reopen a Three Mile Island nuclear unit that was shuttered five years ago for economic reasons near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The deal is driven by the signing of a 20-year power purchase agreement between the co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means hearing that focused on the misuse of welfare funds and the need to reform Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) non-assistance funds to ensure the money goes to families in need, connects people to work, and improves accountability. Congresswoman Miller began her remarks by highlighting how TANF fraud has been commit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL), Joe Morelle (D-NY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Seth Magaziner (D-RI) in introducing a bipartisan resolution recognizing September 22 28, 2024 as National Fall Prevention Awareness Week. The resolution seeks to raise awareness, encourage the prevention of falls among older adults, and highlight evidence-based programs that hel  more