WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined nine of her Senate colleagues to introduce the Protect and Serve Act. This bipartisan legislation would make knowingly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to a law enforcement officer a federal crime. This bill was led by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and was introduced ahead of Police Week, which takes place from Sunday, May 12  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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), joined bipartisan, bicameral committee leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in a letter to U.S Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urging the U.S. Department of Education (Education) more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,606,449 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two Head Start programs at the Raleigh County Community Action Association and PRIDE Community Services in Logan County. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotion more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,431,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) for Advantage Valley. The funding will be used to renovate the former Vossloh Track Building in Charleston, which will support job creation and private investment by attracting new businesses to the region. "The Econom more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating this week, May 6-12, 2024, as National Nurses Week. The resolution celebrates the critical contributions nurses make to providing safe, quality healthcare in West Virginia and across the country, as well as recognizes the need to strengthen the nationwide nursing workforce. "Nurses in West Virginia and across more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) introduced the bipartisan Back to Work Act of 2024 to bring employees of federal agencies back to in-person work. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in 2023, 17 of 24 federal agency headquarters were operating at an average capacity of 25% less. This legislation would limit telework to no more than 40% of days within an e more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Recently, Rep. Alex X. Mooney introduced H.R. 8153, the Bank Risk Reduction Act, to eliminate regulations that hinder bank risk management and create systemic risk. Specifically, this legislation eliminates Dodd-Frank's mandatory margin, or collateral, requirements with respect to interest rate swaps that hedge interest rate risk of bank assets. Interest rate risk is the likelihood of a decline in the va more PR