WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates internet connectivity disparities across rural America, U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Rodney Davis (R-IL-13), and Stacey E. Plaskett (D-USVI-AL) today led a bipartisan effort alongside 73 of their U.S. House colleagues urging congressional leadership to prioritize large-scale federal investment in high-speed internet p... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in voting to pass a coronavirus relief package that includes additional funding for Central Virginia businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Last week, Spanberger urged Members of Congress in both parties to... Read more »
WAVY (NEXSTAR), BASIL JOHN On Thursday, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the expansion of the coronavirus relief package, a move Pennsylvania Reps. Fred Keller and Dan Meuser say was overdue. “This is an important piece of legislation that should’ve been, quite frankly, done almost two weeks ago,” Keller said. “They have no understanding of how disruptive it’s been to banks, to busi... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER Local Congressional Dist. 7 Rep. Abigail Spanberger voted Thursday with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a coronavirus relief package that will provide another $310 billion in loans to small businesses. By a 388-5 vote, the House supported $484 billion more in aid to employers and hospitals strained by the global pandemic tha... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER Nine House members with national security backgrounds, co-led by U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, have introduced a resolution to salute the service and sacrifice of front-line workers responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The nine freshmen, who were in the U.S. military or in its defense and intelligence agencies before being elected to the House, proposed the mea... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger co-led an effort by nine Members of the U.S. House freshman class with national security backgrounds to introduce a resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of frontline workers responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The freshman members –– all of whom served in the military or in the nation’s defense and intelligence agencies –– introduced t... Read more »
CHESTERFIELD OBSERVER, RICH GRISET It was supposed to be a 15-day cruise to paradise. It ended with nearly two weeks in quarantine, a lack of prescription medication, ongoing threats of exposure to a deadly virus and their trip making national headlines. For Midlothian’s David and La Donna Wheatley, a Hawaiian getaway aboard the Grand Princess became a harrowing journey when their fellow passenger... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger—Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition’s Rural Opportunity Task Force—today led an effort calling on the administration to fix problems faced by community banks and credits unions related to the rollout of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In a letter sent to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – As the negotiation of the next COVID-19-related legislative package continues, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday led a bipartisan effort urging House leadership to improve flexibility and cut red tape for American small businesses seeking federal assistance through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Just prior to the r... Read more »
WRIC, NICK CONIGLIARO Small businesses forced to close their doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to stay afloat. So what is being done? 8News reached out to state representative Abigail Spanberger, who says help is on the way. That’s good news for Amy and Rob Lord, owners of Not Fade Away Gifts and Apparel in Midlothian. “It’s something that we have poured literally our he... Read more »
