CBS19 Representative Abigail Spanberger has received the "Friend of Farm Bureau" award from the American Farm Bureau Federation for her support of crop and livestock producers in Central Virginia and rural communities. According to a news release, the award is presented to members of Congress who have supported the Farm Bureau’s position on policy issues, been nominated by their respective state F... Read more »
AUGUSTA FREE PRESS A House Agriculture Committee’s Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee hearing on Thursday focused on the impact that the government response to COVID-19 has had on Natural Resources Conservation Service programs. The hearing was led by subcommittee chair Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07). Spanberger stressed the dual economic and environmental benefits of voluntary conservation prog... Read more »
U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee’s Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee, today led a hearing focused on the impact COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis have had on Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs, and what challenges or successes lawmakers and NRCS officials can learn from to improve program performance and flexibility fo... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER As part of lawmakers’ effort to avert a U.S. government shutdown, Rep. Abigail Spanberger has voted with a bipartisan majority of House members to continue helping children access school lunch and breakfast programs. Spanberger voted Tuesday night to pass a short-term agreement that would keep the federal government open and funded through Dec. 11, 2020. The ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger last night voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House to pass a short-term funding agreement that would keep the federal government open through December 11, 2020. The bipartisan funding deal includes language from Spanberger’s bipartisan amendment to protect access to school meals. Specifically, this amendment would extend the U.S.... Read more »
BY REP. ABIGAIL SPANBERGER (D-VA.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR A stuffy Capitol Hill hearing room differs quite a bit from the wide open, rural landscape of Louisa County, Va. But no matter where I meet with Dustin Madison, his message is always consistent: agriculture and conservation are not separate worlds. They go hand in hand. In addition to growing corn, soybeans and other row crops in Virginia’s 7... Read more »
FARM PROGRESS, ERIK WASSON and JACK FITZPATRICK The U.S. House passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 11 after both parties in Congress and officials at the White House struck a deal to provide aid to farmers and food assistance for low-income families. The 359-57 vote on Tuesday night now sends the temporary spending bill to the Senate for a vote before the fi... Read more »
ROLL CALL, DAVID LERMAN and JENNIFER SHUTT The House swiftly passed a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a partial government shutdown in eight days after top congressional leaders reached a deal resolving a fight over farm payments. On a lopsided vote of 359-57, the House sent to the Senate a revised continuing resolution that would extend current funding for all federal agencies through Dec... Read more »
**VIDEO: Spanberger Remarks at Rollout of “March to Common Ground” Framework** WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined her fellow Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus — comprised of 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans — to unveil the caucus’ “March to Common Ground” framework to help break the gridlock on the latest COVID-19 relief package. This morning, Spanberger spok... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER To learn how workers plan to handle an expected flood of mail this fall, U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, and A. Donald McEachin, D-4th, toured a Postal Service processing center Thursday. The House members met with Postal Service employees and discussed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and agency management’s recent operational changes ahead of a wi... Read more »
