WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell urging that the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF) be operationalized to assist in Western North Carolina's recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. The letter was led by Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Richard Hud  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led 28 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The focus of the brief is a final rule from the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today continued the Committee's fight for answers and accountability as the Biden-Harris administration uses taxpayer dollars to prioritize the interests of government unions ahead of delivering for the American people. Addressing Department of Labor (  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, on Ageism Awareness Day, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a group of senators in sending a letter to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requesting that the agency examine the impact of ageism on quality and equity of care, patient safety, and health outcomes. Ageism in health care is associated with a decr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations and Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committees, made several stops in Bluefield, W.Va. to highlight funding projects she has supported, receive updates from community and local leaders, and present the Amelia Earhart Award to a local resident. To begin the day, Senator Capito met with c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CLENDENIN, W.Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today visited Clendenin Elementary School where she toured the new school and later hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event with special guest, Dr. Liberty Vittert Capito, a statistician, political commentator, TV show host, and Professor of Data Science. "After years of working to secure resources and wait for construction to be   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced $1 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Willow Island Hydroelectric Project near St. Marys, WV. The funding is being administered through the Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Development Office's Hydroele  more