WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Appalachian Sustainable Development a $1,692,538 grant. The funding will serve businesses, organizations and others that contribute to Appalachia's food and agriculture industries. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This ARC grant for nearly $1.7 million helps Appalachian Sustainable Development support food and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded Pembroke Telephone Cooperative a $10 million loan. The funding will support the deployment of a fiber-to-the-premises network benefiting Craig, Giles and Montgomery Counties. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Investments in broadband infrastructure prepare rural communities for access to high-speed  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Piedmont Regional Community Services Board a $500,000 grant. The funding will support expanded access to recovery services and increase employment opportunities. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This ARC grant for $500,000 helps Piedmont Regional Community Services Board improve greater access to substance use   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: As first reported by the Free Beacon, following a July investigation into possible transnational repression at an anti-CCP protest on Harvard University's campus, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) uncovered shocking documents that show Harvard placed anti-CCP protestors on disciplinary probation while taking no action to address the illegal   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- 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 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su requesting information about how the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) enforces disclosure require  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement regarding the Israeli Defense Forces' elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: "The elimination of Yahya Sinwar, a long-time Hamas leader and one of the chief architects of the October 7 attack, is a monumental win for the Israeli and Palestinian people and the long-term sta  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) released the following statement on the latest data highlighting a 15.44% decrease in drug overdose deaths between May 2023 and May 2024 in West Virginia. This finding continues the trend from data last month showing a 11.56% decrease in drug overdose deaths between April 2023 and April 2024. "The proof is in the numbers and we are seeing in real ti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W) released a statement on the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) ruling that all imports of ferrosilicon from Russia will harm U.S. industries. This decision requires the Department of Commerce to place additional anti-dumping and countervailing tariffs on ferrosilicon, which will generate more production in West Virginia. "The U.S. ferrosilicon   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), traveled to Berkeley County, W.Va. where she participated in two events. First, Senator Capito visited Eagle School Intermediate in Martinsburg, W.Va. where she hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event. Senator Capito launched the program in 2015 to instill confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Department of Energy's Role in Advanced Computing Research": * * * The Committee will come to order. Before we begin, I want to acknowledge the terrible loss of the former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Charles McMillan, who died in a car accident last week. Charlie was a true pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Department of Energy's Role in Advanced Computing Research": * * * The Committee will come to order. This morning we're here to discuss the commercialization of fusion energy, one of the critical and emerging technologies that we are in a global race to develop. Fusion energy would be a total  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued a statement on the death of Hamas terrorist Yahya Sinwar: "Earlier today I spoke with Director Burns, who confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and one of the masterminds of the October 7 terrorist attack, has been killed in Gaza. As a terrorist leader, Sinwar was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innoce  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Bob Casey (D-PA) in sending a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra urging continued action to address the critical intravenous (IV) fluid shortage affecting hospitals across the nation. This shortage, caused by the temporary closure of Baxter International's manufact  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Bob Casey (D-PA) in sending a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra urging continued action to address the critical intravenous (IV) fluid shortage affecting hospitals across the nation. This shortage, caused by the temporary closure of Baxter International's manufactu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. 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

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in support of workers at Goodyear's manufacturing plant in Danville. Last year, the United Steelworkers, which represents more than 1,800 Virginians employed at Goodyear, filed an antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) petition with the ITC alleging illegal dumping of truck a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: With National Crime Prevention Month underway, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today announced the launch of the Ashanti Alert website administered by the Department of Justice. The Ashanti Alert, created by a Warner-authored law, seeks to notify the public about missing or endangered adults, ages 18-64, and assist by way of a national communications network. The public website unveiled today provides inform  more