RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH A Congress torn along party lines approved the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on legislation focusing the government’s spending might on twin pandemic and economic crises. The House gave final congressional approval to the sweeping package by a near party line 220-211 vote precisely seven w... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that new broadband networks are built to provide Central Virginia customers with sufficient upload and download speeds. According to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) 2019 Broadband Deployment Report, more than 25 percent of Virginians in rural areas lacked access to high-spe... Read more »
NPR, MORNING ADDITION NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia about the upcoming House vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief measure. She voted for the House bill last month. Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, MICHAEL MARTZ Virginia’s payoff from the American Rescue Plan could last long after families spend their stimulus checks and no longer need the additional unemployment benefits included in the $1.9 trillion relief package passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday to help the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, the first major legislative initiative by Preside... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger— Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee — yesterday called on lawmakers to recognize the valuable perspectives of farmers on conservation issues and bring them to the table in policy discussions related to the climate crisis. During a House Agriculture Committee hearing focused on how farmers ... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today relaunched her survey to gather information from constituents about any mail delivery delays they are experiencing and their concerns about the future of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), particularly as many experience delays with tax documents ahead of April 15. According to recent reports, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is planning... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, SABRINA MORENO Decentralized planning between state and federal governments left chronically underfunded public health departments to organize mass testing efforts when there were few supplies in the first few months of the pandemic. Nearly a year and half a million COVID-deaths in the U.S. later, communication among the entities remains fractured and marked by confusion a... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger hosted a roundtable focused on immigration and workforce issues in Central Virginia, particularly as these issues relate to the ag economy and its recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. During the conversation, Spanberger spoke with local business owners and advocacy organizations — including the Virginia Farm Bureau, Virginia Agribusine... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined an effort calling on President Joe Biden to fill existing U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors vacancies as quickly as possible. According to recent reports, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is planning to enact operational changes at the USPS that would slow mail delivery and service – as well as increase consumer cos... Read more »
RICHMOND, V.A. —U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today toured the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medicines for All Institute’s lab to learn more about its work with Phlow Corporation (Phlow Corp.) to prevent domestic shortage of critical medications, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $354 million, four-... Read more »
