WTVR, VERNON FREEMAN JR. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-7th district) took to the floor of the U.S. House on Friday to remember the life of 9-year-old Markiya Dickson, who was shot and killed during a community cookout at a Richmond park. Dickson, described as a feisty third-grader who loved to dance, was an innocent bystander when she was shot and killed when shots rang out at Fonticello/Car... Read more »
WRIC, DEAN MIRSHAHI Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House Friday about the death of Markiya Dickson, a Chesterfield student killed by a stray bullet in May during a picnic at a Richmond park. Dickson was 9. Spanberger, Virginia’s 7th Congressional District representative, addressed the House floor to honor Dickson and “to continue her own efforts to advance gun safet... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today urged U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to call the U.S. Senate back into session and pass bipartisan gun safety legislation passed earlier this year by the U.S. House. In February, Spanberger helped pass the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which would require background checks on all gun sales or transfers, with a few... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today marked her 100th day serving the people of Central Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since her swearing-in day on January 3, Spanberger has worked to advance priorities important to the people of Virginia’s Seventh District—such as lowering prescription drug costs, expanding access to rural high-speed broadband internet acce... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today helped pass legislation to improve support services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence and to empower law enforcement officials to strengthen the safety of Central Virginia families. Spanberger supported a full reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which would improve services for victims of sexual... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today helped pass bipartisan gun safety legislation that would close existing background check loopholes and make sure individuals already prohibited from gun possession under federal law are unable to purchase firearms. A 2017 U.S. Department of Justice report found that since the adoption of the federal background check requirement in 199... Read more »
