WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Alzheimer's Research * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), joined U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducin  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Griffith Op-Ed: Smart use of AI can improve American healthcare * U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, penned a new op-ed that details the potential advances of health care through artificial intelligence (AI). An embrace of AI applications presents challenges, which is why Chairman Griffith stresses the   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces $460,260 HHS Grant to Virginia Tech for AI in Health Care * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, a $460,260 grant. The funding will support research of artificial intelligence (AI) applications like machine learning and natural language processing to medically treat seniors in rural communities. In re  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Hirono, Colleagues Press Hegseth on Inaccurate Casualty Reporting, Lack Of Transparency About Human Cost of War in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, joined a group of his Senate colleagues led by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in sending a letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding a full and a  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * New Data: Virginia Farmers Spent Over $1,500 More On Diesel Fuel Amid Trump's War of Choice with Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - As oil prices hit $100 a barrel last week amid President Trump's war of choice with Iran, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are spotlighting a new congressional report that found that farmers in Virginia and across the country spent over $1,500 more to fill up  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. John McGuire hosts EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for Fifth District tour * CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -On Friday, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) hosted Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for a Fifth District tour. The visit included a tour of Edgehill Farm and the 10-acre riparian forest buffer restoration project, in Charlottesville. Following the tour, the Congressman and  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. John McGuire hosts House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost for tour of Charlottesville Veterans Affairs Clinic * CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -On Friday, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) hosted House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost for a tour of the Charlottesville Veterans' Affairs Clinic. "We would not have a country without our brave men and women in uniform," said R  more