HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) closed applications for its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program due to a lapse of available federal funding. “For Central Virginia small business owners, their business is more than a building, a sign out fro... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted a district-focused telephone town hall with local superintendents, higher education administrators, and government officials to discuss the challenges facing Central Virginia students, families, and teachers as a result of COVID-19. More than 4,800 Central Virginians tuned in to participate in Spanberger’s interactive telephon... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – As negotiation of the next COVID-19-related legislative package continues, U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) today 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... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER As coronavirus relief loans to small businesses dried up, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger urged lawmakers and administration officials Thursday to refresh the Small Business Administration’s programs to rescue business owners. The SBA closed applications for its Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs Thursday morning. Demand exhausted $35... Read more »
CBS19 Representative Abigail Spanberger released the following statement on Thursday after the U.S. Small Business Administration closed applications for its Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program because of a lapse of available federal funding, according to a news release from Spanberger's staff. For Central Virginia small business owners, their business is more tha... Read more »
WTVR, TRACY SEARS U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger hosted a telephone town hall with local superintendents, higher education administrators, and government officials to discuss the challenges facing Central Virginia students, families, and teachers as a result of COVID-19. The congressional representative says more than 4,800 people listened in on the meeting. Holly Coy, Deputy Secretary of ... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, MICHAEL MARTZ The need for more COVID-19 testing and protective gear will be at the top of the agenda for the first meeting of a new task force Gov. Ralph Northam created to help nursing homes and other long-term care facilities battle the spread of the coronavirus through their medically vulnerable population. The task force is scheduled to meet by conference call on Thur... Read more »
ABC NEWS, HALLEY FREGER, LAURA ROMERO, ALLISON PECORIN, and MATTHEW MOSK The dispatch calls to Henrico County’s Fire Station 13 at first came in a trickle. “Breathing problem. Priority one response,” the voice said through the station’s loudspeaker in early March, routing a rescue team to 1776 Cambridge Road. Then, Fire Capt. Michael Roth said the calls started to become more frequent -- two calls... Read more »
WTOP, MITCHELL MILLER Members of Congress, including several lawmakers from Virginia, are requesting an investigation into what they say has been “mismanagement” of medical materials that should be going to states that badly need them to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Virginia Reps. Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer and Abigail Spanberger have written to the inspector general of the U.S. Departme... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger will host a telephone town hall on Wednesday, April 15 with local superintendents, higher education administrators, and government officials to discuss the challenges facing Central Virginia students, families, and teachers as a result of COVID-19. They will also discuss what parents and students should expect in the coming weeks and months in... Read more »
