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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for 2024-06-07 ( 12 items )  
Capito Leads Bipartisan Effort to Enhance Reentry Programs, Promote Public Safety (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024, which would reauthorize critical reentry grant programs from the Second Chance Act of 2008, which was most recently reauthorized during the Trump Administration as part of the First  more PR

Congressional Coal Caucus Co-Chairs' Statement on the Bicameral Resolution to Block Biden's Plan to Close American Power Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, the Congressional Coal Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) joined Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) and 134 of their House colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration's regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolu more PR

Manchin Joins Bipartisan Resolution Designating June 6, 2024 As National Naloxone Awareness Day (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) joined his bipartisan colleagues in introducing a resolution to designate Thursday, June 6, 2024 as National Naloxone Awareness Day. The resolution promotes awareness of naloxone, a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. "In 2023, more than 107,000 Americans, including more than 1,400 West Virginians, lost their lives to fat more PR

Manchin Leads Bipartisan Effort To Overturn Biden Administration Rule Endangering Unaccompanied Migrant Children (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) led 45 of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn a final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that endangers the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied migrant children. The CRA would force HHS to make meaningful reforms to its Unaccompanied Children (UC) program, which sp more PR

Manchin Supports Right To Contraception Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) voted for the Right to Contraception Act, this legislation ensures that individuals have the right to access contraceptive drugs, devices, or biological products currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the purposes of preventing pregnancy. Almost 90 percent of Americans support access to all forms of birth control. "It's simple: contracepti more PR

Manchin, Capito Lead Senate, House Colleagues to Introduce Resolution to Block Biden's Plan to Shut Down American Power Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined a group of 44 Senators to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new "Clean Power Plan 2.0" final rule designed to force the premature retirement of coal-fired power plants and prevent the construction of  more PR

Miller's Statement on the Bicameral Resolution to Block Biden's Plan to Close American Power Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) and 137 of her House colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration's regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. "The final power plant ruling from the EPA is a slap in the face to American energy producers.  more PR

Sen. Capito Discusses Corridor H, Improving Highway Project Timelines With FHWA Administrator (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing titled, "Oversight and Budget of the Federal Highway Administration" with FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt. HEARING HIGHLIGHTS: ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON FHWA D more PR

Sen. Capito Introduces Resolution to Block Biden's Plan to Shutter American Power Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 43 of her Senate colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration's regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act more PR

Sens. Manchin, Capito Lead Senate, House Colleagues to Introduce Resolution to Block Biden's Plan to Shut Down American Power Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined a group of 44 Senators to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new "Clean Power Plan 2.0" final rule designed to force the p more PR

VIDEO: Capito Commemorates 80th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito's D-Day video.** ***Click here to download Senator Capito's D-Day video.*** Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued a video statement commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy by Allied forces on June 6, 1944. Full video transcript included below: "80 years ago today, on D-Day, soldiers from across more PR

VIDEO: Capito Discusses Corridor H, Improving Highway Project Timelines with FHWA Administrator (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's questions. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing titled, "Oversight and Budget of the Federal Highway Administration" with FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt. HEARING HIGHLIGHTS: ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON FHWA DELAYING CO more PR