HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-VA-08), Katie Porter (D-CA-45), and Jason Crow (D-CO-06) today called on the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to open an official investigation into HHS’ mismanagement of materials from the National Strategic Stockpil... Read more »
YAHOO FINANCE, JESSICA SMITH Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) says the rules the Trump administration established for the Paycheck Protection Program make it difficult for small-business owners to use the loans. “The rules put in place — not the legislation as we passed with the CARES Act, but the rules that the SBA put on these dollars — are too restrictive,” Spanberger said in an intervie... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER Three Virginia congressmen and two colleagues are demanding an investigation into mismanagement of critical National Strategic Stockpile supplies by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-VA-08), Katie Porter (D-CA-45) and Jason Crow (D-CO-06) called Monda... Read more »
FINANCIAL TIMES, KIRAN STACEY Tom Egan is the kind of entrepreneur America needs right now. For 30 years, Mr Egan has run a company making lifts to get wheelchair users in and out of vehicles and around the home. But now he has converted his upholstery shop to make surgical masks and gowns, and his 3D printing machines to make face shields, which he is planning to sell to medical centres in New Yo... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER In the wake of a botched rollout, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is pressing the U.S. Treasury to cut red tape for American small businesses seeking emergency COVID-19 relief from the federal government. With a Wisconsin Republican legislator and a New Jersey Democrat, she led seven additional House members in demanding that the Small Business Administration re... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger led a bipartisan effort urging U.S. House and U.S. Senate leadership to include emergency funding for nursing home and long-term care facilities in the next iteration of COVID-19 legislation. As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the United States, nursing homes and assisted living facilities—including many in Central Virginia—have experi... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the creation of a task force to respond to ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at Virginia nursing homes and assisted living facilities. “In Central Virginia, our communities have been stunned and devastated by the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths at our lo... Read more »
WVTF, MATT LASLO Virginia lawmakers aren’t in Washington these days, but they’re working overtime to assist constituents in the midst of this coronavirus pandemic. Before making dinner for her family on Wednesday, Freshman Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger got on the phone and explained her first term in Congress has now been upended. She’s got one staff member working fulltime now on helping h... Read more »
CBS19, RIC YOUNG As the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Washington is trying to keep small businesses afloat by sending billions of dollars to local banks. But there have been problems with the Payroll Protection Program for some small business owners. The biggest complaint is that many banks are dealing only with regular customers and denying loans to new customers. Seventh Distric... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) today led a bipartisan effort urging the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury to improve flexibility and cut red tape for American small businesses seeking federal assistance and loan forgiveness through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection... Read more »
