House Republicans are pushing legislation to ban Chinese nationals from getting student visas in the U.S.
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., has been sounding the alarm for weeks over what he sees as the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) exploitation of the American visa program meant for studying in the U.S.
He is now expected to introduce the Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act, or the Stop CCP VISAs Act, on Friday.
A group of Congressional Republicans on Tuesday wrote a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), asking it to change its policies on transgender athletes competing against biological women.
As President Donald Trump gave his first speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday evening, many elected leaders from both Ohio and West Virginia, all Republicans, praised the president’s vision while the Democratic Party in both states said his actions will impact many hard-working Americans.
Trump addressed both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night in his first joint address since returning to the presidency in January. His speech touched on a number of topics including border security, illegal immigration, tariffs, DOGE, the war in Ukraine and more.
A well-known Catholic bishop will be in the audience for President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.
Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Catholic media organization Word On Fire, is coming to the Tuesday night speech as a guest of first-term Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.
Moore also invited Barron to participate in a Catholic Mass with lawmakers before the address.
Governor Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday that the federal government accepted his request for Individual Assistance in McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, and Wyoming counties following flooding earlier this month in southern West Virginia.
Other counties in the request still remain under consideration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Individual Assistance Program provides funds to individuals experiencing significant damage to homes or property.
“I’m grateful to President (Donald) Trump and Secretary (Kristi) Noem for stepping up to support West Virginians in need,” Morrisey said in a press release announcing the declaration. “Thank you as well to Senators (Shelley Moore) Capito and (Jim) Justice, and to Representatives (Carol) Miller and (Riley) Moore, for their efforts. The Major Disaster Declaration will supplement the work being completed on the ground and provide relief to recovering communities in southern West Virginia.”
(WV News) — Members of the state's congressional delegation have joined Gov. Patrick Morrisey's call for a major disaster declaration following recent extreme weather.
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, along with U.S. Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, all of whom are West Virginia Republicans, jointly sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency Acting Regional Administrator Lilian Hutchinson.
Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) introduced legislation late last week that will prevent credit cards from using a special merchant category code (MCC) to track sales of guns and ammunition.
Moore’s legislation, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, would also prohibit financial institutions from tracking gun sales.
West Virginia Republican Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore voted Thursday in favor of legislation to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
The HALT Fentanyl Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 312-108 vote.
“West Virginia has lost countless citizens to fentanyl overdose, and the HALT Fentanyl Act will close a deadly loophole and empower our justice system to aggressively prosecute the individuals poisoning our communities,” Moore said in a statement.