WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- 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.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced four Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) awards she worked to secure from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for education and health facility upgrades,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today commended the Biden-Harris Administration for its immediate and comprehensive response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in East Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. On September 27, shortly after Governor Lee submitted a request for a major disaster declaration, Congressman Cohen joined the Tennessee delegation in urgi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) a $200,000 subgrant. The funding will support the development of cybersecurity education and training programs at MECC. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "As technology hubs grow in the United States, the cybersecurity field is playing an increasingly important role. "Th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su requesting information about the Department of Labor's (DOL) seemingly one-sided meeting of Biden-Harris supporters held less than 60 days before the election. This meeting follows a similar political union pep rally t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Miller (R-WV) met with the Mason County Development Authority to discuss upcoming projects and later toured APG Polytech for an overview of the plant's operations. Congresswoman Miller attended a roundtable with the Mason County Development Authority to hear about county updates and proposals. "During my meeting with the Mason County Development Authority, we discussed importan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and four of her colleagues sent a letter to U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Chair Amy Karpel urging her to investigate the effect dumped and subsidized ferrosilicon from other countries, including Russia, is having on U.S. production. The ferrosilicon production site in West Virginia currently has unused capacity, partly because of the unfair pricing scheme   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after Johnson & Johnson (J&J) suspended the company's plan to transition two lifesaving drugs currently available at a direct discount under the 340B Drug Pricing Program to an unapproved rebate model. "The 340B program -- which was created by Congress to serve vulnerable patients -- plays a critical ro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL), Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), and Tracey Mann (R-KS-01) on Friday led a group of 189 Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to quickly prevent burdens on providers and patients caused by Johnson & Johnson (J&J)'s imp  more