WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces More Than $1.2 Million FEMA Grant for Helene Relief Bridge Repair * The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a Hurricane Helene-related grant of $1,203,957 to the Commonwealth of Virginia. This funding will support repairs to a 160-feet long and 14-feet wide bridge in Damascus, Virginia, that was lifted off its foundatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 13, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Slams Trump Administration Plan to Weaponize Federal Grant Dollars to Undermine Civil Rights Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) sent a letter to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought urging OMB to withdraw t  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Walkinshaw's Bipartisan Bill to Honor Gerry Connolly Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman James R. Walkinshaw's (VA-11) bipartisan legislation to name a United States Postal Service facility in Fairfax, Virginia in honor of the late Congressman Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly, whose decades of public service transformed Northern Virginia and inspired generations of  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following letter to the Virginia State Corporation Commission: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 1, 2026 Commissioners of the Virginia State Corporation Commission P.O. Box 1197 Richmond, VA 23218 Dear Commissioners of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC): I write to express my concerns regarding the pending application before the SCC by Toll Road Investors Partnership II (TRIP II) to ra  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Subramanyam Rips Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) spoke out about his opposition to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) proposed rule, "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance." The Congressman issued the following statement: "This rule is just another attempt to hijack taxpayer money to create l  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Announces More Than $1 MILLION in Federal Funding to Strengthen Head Start Programs in Orange County * Washington, D.C. -Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) today celebrated that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1,788,958 to Orange County Public Schools to support local Head Start programs, which provides early childhood education, nutrition, and family   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw's First Bill to Pass House Advances Bipartisan Crackdown on Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8535, the bipartisan Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act, marking Congressman James Walkinshaw's (VA-11) first bill to pass the House. The legislation strengthens the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) efforts to  more