WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: DALE CITY, Va. -- U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today -- while visiting Dale City Elementary School to learn more about Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Education's RTR teacher residency program and their partnership with Prince William County Public Schools -- announced the introduction of new bipartisan legislation to help local school divisions recruit, tra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The Congressional Coal Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released a statement on the Supreme Court's decision to allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement their power plant greenhouse gas rule. "While we are disappointed in the Supreme Court's decision not to stay the EPA's power plant greenhous  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11362) on Oct. 15, 2024, by senior research librarian Barbara Salazar Torreon and research specialist Clayton M. Levy. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is a military cemetery administered by the Office of Army Cemeteries. Located in Arlington County, Virginia, the cemetery was created in 1864 during the Civil  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced that -- after Spanberger's push -- the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded $74,736 in grant funding to the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office. The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office plans to use their nearly $75,000 grant award -- the second-highest amount awarded in Virginia -- to establish and implement a bo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded LENOWISCO Planning District Commission a $1,319,443 grant. The funding will support the development of new broadband networks in Central Appalachia. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This ARC grant for more than $1.3 million helps LENOWISCO Planning District Commission potentially develop data centers in Central  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Friends of Southwest Virginia a $750,000 grant. The funding will support the evaluation of economic impacts of projects undertaken by Friends of Southwest Virginia. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This ARC grant for $750,000 helps Friends of Southwest Virginia hire a team of consultants to identify strengths i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- 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) today sent a letter to Acting Secretary Su demanding the Department of Labor (DOL) respond to the Committee's subpoena regarding the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to undercut the livelihoods of tens of millions of Americans who choose to work as independent cont  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- 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) and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) today questioned the Biden-Harris Department of Education's (ED) attempt to circumvent Congress and mire key career and technical education (CTE) programs in red tape. The t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 19 of his Senate and House colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to provide clarity on the implementation of a change in reimbursements for children's hospitals that provide care to military families covered by TRICARE, the government health care program for act  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) announced that the open enrollment period for Medicare has begun and it will remain open through December 7, 2024. For the second year, seniors are able to choose Medicare plans with cost-saving benefits that were included in Senator Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act. "Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, seniors in West Virginia and across the Un  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) announced the introduction of H.R. 9705, the Oyster Reef Recovery Act, to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish competitive grants to encourage research on the conservation of oyster reefs. By doing so, this bipartisan legislation, which she introduced alongside Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), would rea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Last week, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) led 16 of her colleagues in sending a letter to Vice Admiral Yvette M. Davids, the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, to inquire about the academy's process for inviting guest lecturers to speak to midshipmen. The lawmakers sent the letter after it was discovered the Naval Academy had invited a guest lecturer who, when announcing her upcoming lecture, mad  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- On Monday, October 21, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger will host an open, public telephone town hall focused on issues facing Virginia's Veterans, military families, and caregivers. Next Monday, Spanberger will be joined by representatives from the Virginia Department of Veterans Services to answer questions directly from Seventh District Veterans and their   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: ARLINGTON, Va. -- U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday joined U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, local officials, and Virginia workers to break ground on the new Long Bridge in Arlington, Virginia. As part of the Transfo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Greta J. Harris, president and CEO of the Better Housing Coalition, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "The Costs of Inaction: Economic Risks From Housing Unaffordability": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Grassley, members of the Committee, and distinguished guests, for this opportunity to address an issue that touches the core of our economy and the well-being of millions of Americans--af  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $2,069,443 in federal funding to boost economic development across Southwest Virginia. The funding was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)'s Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, which provides funding to help communities and regions that have been affected by job losses  more