HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger hosted a virtual telephone town hall with U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), Virginia Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Dr. Janice Underwood, and VCU Massey Cancer Center Director Dr. Robert Winn to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impacts on minority communities in Central Virginia and across the coun... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, ROBERT WINN, JANICE UNDERWOOD, and ABIGAIL SPANBERGER Our nation is in the grips of a disease that has plagued us for more than 400 years. This particular disease does not require the expertise of a doctor for a diagnosis. Its symptoms are unmistakable: inequities of housing, education and employment. Other symptoms include unfair policing, food insecurity and a lack of ac... Read more »
CHESTERFIELD OBSERVER, RICH GRISET and JIM MCCONNELL Having just had his car searched and handcuffs removed from his wrists, Tavorise Marks wanted to know why he’d been stopped by police in the first place. As a young man, Marks had just received his first paycheck from joining the Army after college, and celebrated by purchasing a Cadillac DeVille. Desiring to show off his new car to his great-gr... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger — a former federal law enforcement agent — is demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) about the recent deployment of unidentifiable law enforcement officers to Washington, D.C. In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Spanberger and 120 of her House colleagues are seeking answers about the deployment of DOJ l... Read more »
NEW YORK TIMES, CATIE EDMONDSON Democratic leaders in Congress and a pair of Republicans on Tuesday condemned President Trump for his response to protests around the country and in the capital, the day after peaceful demonstrators were gassed in front of the White House so he could pose for a photograph with a Bible. The rare bipartisan rebukes reflected a broad sense of alarm at the president’s b... Read more »
CHESTERFIELD OBSERVER, RICH GRISET Nine days after George Floyd, an African American man, was killed in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and following more than a week of protests across the country, a rally was held to protest his death and racial injustice in Chesterfield County Wednesday night. Starting outside the Chesterfield County Police Department at 6 p.m., more than a thousand p... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after President Trump threatened to deploy active duty servicemembers to U.S. states. “After a week of mourning in America, as we contend with the deaths of more than 100,000 Americans to COVID-19 and yet another horrific killing of an unarmed black man, our country is desperate for presidential leadershi... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER Whether in the nation’s capital or Virginia’s capital, this week it was back to business as usual for U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger. On Capitol Hill in Washington, the Democrat held a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing on new wood products. In Richmond, she attended an event honoring World War II codebreaker Dorothy Braden Bruce at the Virginia War Memoria... Read more »
HENRICO CITIZEN U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia’s Seventh District, last week conducted a two-day, civil rights-focused tour in Central Virginia. Spanberger’s district includes the western half of Henrico County. Spanberger focused what she called the civil rights tour on learning more about the priorities of the Seventh District’s underserved and marginalized communities. Durin... Read more »
**Click Here for Photo Albums from the Two-Day Tour** HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday concluded a two-day, civil rights-focused tour in Central Virginia. To better inform her work in the U.S. House, Spanberger focused her civil rights tour on learning more about the priorities of the Seventh District’s underserved and marginalized communities—and those who advocat... Read more »
