ORANGE, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today convened an Arbor Day roundtable discussion with local growers to discuss issues facing Central Virginia’s horticulture industry. Before a tour of Battlefield Farms in Rapidan, Virginia, Spanberger met with local producers to discuss challenges related to the agricultural workforce—including the impact of immigration policy and areas of o... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today is encouraging Central Virginia communities to submit their applications to receive newly available funding for rural broadband internet infrastructure improvements. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is accepting the first round of applications for its ReConnect Rural Broadband Pilot Program, which partner... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today launched her 2019 Rural Broadband Survey to help identify some of the high-speed internet connectivity challenges facing Central Virginians. Spanberger’s survey is part of her broader effort to collect accurate information about internet coverage gaps across Central Virginia. With this information, she’ll work to push policymakers to pri... 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 »
WRIC, SARA MCCLOSKEY Some of your newly elected lawmakers in Washington are trying to press pause on new rules for truckers who haul animals. Moving cattle is a big process. Roughly every two weeks, Jeremy Moyer, of Amelia County, sells cattle to folks in Pennsylvania. "We put together with other cows from the county to make a full load," he explained. But a possible change for the truckers that c... Read more »
FEEDSTUFFS, JACQUI FATKA Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.) and Rodney Davis (R., Ill.) are leading a bipartisan effort requesting funding to expand rural broadband internet connectivity across rural America and to ensure equal educational and economic opportunities in rural communities. While speaking to members of the media, Spanberger, who also serves on the House Agriculture Committee, said ac... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to urge her colleagues to support and pass an amendment she introduced to improve data about rural broadband internet coverage. Spanberger’s amendment—which passed out of the U.S. House—would strengthen existing efforts to identify rural communities eligible for expanded broadban... Read more »
FENCE POST, THE HAGSTROM REPORT Two House Agriculture subcommittee chairwomen — Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., of the Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee, and Delegate Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., of the Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research Subcommittee — met today with members of the North American Agricultural Journalists. The journalists rarely meet with subcommittee leaders, but the office... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) are leading a bipartisan effort requesting funding to expand rural broadband internet connectivity across rural America and to ensure equal educational and economic opportunities in rural communities. According to the Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report, more than 30 per... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, and an Illinois Republican are leading a bipartisan push to build more internet broadband networks in rural America. On Monday, Spanberger announced that she and Rep. Rodney Davis have received support from 71 other House members to request $900 million in appropriations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect P... Read more »
