CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER To help students access the internet in rural communities such as Culpeper County, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is leading colleagues to urge the House and Senate’s top foursome to enhance next coronavirus stimulus packages with money for WiFi hotspots. Spanberger wrote both parties’ leaders—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Se... Read more »
HENRICO CITIZEN U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, who represents the western half of Henrico County and Virginia’s Seventh District, joined with seven other members of the House of Representatives yesterday to issue a letter urging the U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury to improve flexibility for small businesses that are seeking federal assistance and own forgivene... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today led an effort calling for robust funding for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) E-Rate program in upcoming coronavirus emergency packages. With this investment, rural schools and libraries could extend high-speed internet access to students facing connectivity issues amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Benton Ins... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Denver Riggleman (R-VA-05), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) today urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to swiftly distribute billions of dollars in federal funding signed into law as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to nursing homes and assisted l... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, MICHAEL MARTZ The number of deaths from COVID-19 has risen to 35 at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, more than doubling the toll of coronavirus fatalities in less than a week at the skilled nursing facility in western Henrico County. Dr. James Wright, medical director at the center, said Wednesday that three additional residents had died of the disease, two a... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Kendra Horn (D-OK-05) today led an effort calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and U.S. Department of the Treasury to take immediate steps to encourage additional lenders to issue Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP—launched last Friday—i... Read more »
AP, CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS In an extraordinary broadside punctuated with profanity, the Navy’s top leader accused the fired commander of the COVID-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt of being “too naive or too stupid” to be in charge of an aircraft carrier. He delivered the criticism to sailors who had cheered the departing skipper last week. Acting Navy Secretary Th... Read more »
NBC12, RACHEL DEPOMPA For thousands of small business owners across the country and right here in Virginia, the $349 billion rescue program just isn’t working. The paycheck protection program is part of the $2 trillion federal stimulus package passed by Congress. It’s supposed to help small businesses weather this public health crisis. Businesses are supposed to be able to borrow up to $10 million... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, MICHAEL MARTZ Virginia Democrats in Congress have asked President Donald Trump’s administration for guidance to state and local governments that gives them more flexibility in spending an estimated $3.3 billion in emergency relief from the stimulus package signed into law in late March. A letter signed by Virginia’s senators and seven of its congressional representatives u... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is calling on U.S. House and U.S. Senate leadership to prioritize bipartisan solutions specific to the COVID-19 pandemic in the next emergency legislative package. In a letter sent alongside her fellow Members of the House Blue Dog Coalition, Spanberger urged leaders of both parties to focus on bipartisan priorities during negotiations of the ... Read more »
