***Click here for photos from Spanberger’s first six town hall events in Central Virginia*** U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced details for her seventh and eight town halls in Virginia’s Seventh District this year. In July, Spanberger will hold a seventh town hall in Chesterfield County and an eighth town hall in Culpeper County. In her first five months in office, Spanberger h... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after reports of poor conditions at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities near the southern border. “As a current U.S. public official, former federal law enforcement agent, and parent, I am appalled at recent reports coming from our southern border. The cruel conditions at the CBP facili... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger—Chair of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry—today led a hearing focused on the financial and environmental benefits of soil health efforts in the United States. During the hearing, Spanberger heard from producers and researchers about the economic and risk-mitigation benefits of successful soil healt... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in passing an appropriations bill that includes her bipartisan amendment to increase federal rural broadband funding by $55 million. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it received applications requesting a total of more than $635 million in loan-gr... Read more »
***Click here for photos from the ceremony*** WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger presented the Gold Congressional Award Medal to two Seventh District students, Kasey Mize from Jeffersonton and Ciara Noelle Smith from Chesterfield. Mize and Smith were recognized on Thursday afternoon in a ceremony in Washington alongside Congressional Award winners from across the United... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger’s bipartisan amendment to increase federal rural broadband infrastructure funding by $55 million was included today in a key House appropriations package, which will be voted on by the full House in the coming days. Spanberger successfully led the fight to include the amendment in this appropriations package as part of her continued focus o... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in passing a bipartisan funding bill that would strengthen funding for critical healthcare, education, workforce training, and State Department programs. The legislation contains several provisions Spanberger fought to include—such as her amendment to strengthen federal... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced one federal grant of $1,435,072 to Orange County Public Schools to fund their Head Start and Early Head Start programs. “The work of fostering thriving communities in Central Virginia starts in the classroom with early investments in our children. Head Start has a documented beneficial impact on preschool children. With basi... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A.– U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is encouraging Central Virginia dairy producers to sign up for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, which officially begins taking applications today. Starting on Monday, June 17, dairy farmers can sign up for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) DMC program at their local Farm Service Agency office. Click here for additional inf... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today announced one federal grant of $96,545 to protect 14 acres of the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. “Virginia’s historically significant places—like the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield—present ongoing opportunities to educate the next generation about the lessons of the past. But as these historic places face the threat of nearb... Read more »
