“No one should have to choose between paying for their medication and keeping food on the table,” said Senator Kaine. “I’m proud to cosponsor legislation that would cap out-of-pocket costs of insulin and help working families make ends meet.” The Affordable Insulin Now Act would require Medicare plans and private group or individual health care plans to cap patients’ out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 per month.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11) reports that the U.S. Department of Education announced that colleges and universities in Virginia have received $948 million+ in American Rescue Plan funds over the past year

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and is Co-Chair of the Senate Military Families Caucus, and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the Military Spouse Hiring Act March 23. This legislation proposes to amend the tax code to incentivize businesses to hire military spouses.

Senator Mark Warner will host his annual Academy Day on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a virtual event that will be hosted on Accelevents. The event will offer students, their parents or guardians, and school counselors a comprehensive overview of the United States service academies and their admission processes.

For several years Social Security impersonation scams have been one of the most common government imposter scams reported to the Federal Trade Commission. Social Security has made concerted efforts to address this issue, and extensive outreach and investigative efforts are having a positive impact, decreasing scam reports to OIG by more than 20 percent since 2020, according to Davis Melton, Public Information Officer.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who represents part of Prince William County and is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, announced two Prince William County projects were included in his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests in the FY 2022 omnibus appropriations package. The funding package passed the House March 9 and now heads to the Senate.

New legislation that aims to ease US Postal Service's finances and co-sponsored by US Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is ready for the President's signature.

Dear Neighbor - I just returned from the Polish border with Ukraine, where my colleagues and I on the House Foreign Affairs Committee spent the weekend observing the situation on the ground and assessing the needs of refugees on the border.