WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today gave a speech on the U.S. House floor calling for an end to the record-long government shutdown. During her remarks, she shared the story of a Central Virginian facing financial hardship due to the ongoing shutdown. Spanberger delivered her speech after she voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to help ... Read more »
THE HILL, JULIEGRACE BRUFKE The House passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday expressing congressional support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The bill, which passed in a 357-22 vote, includes a provision rejecting any efforts made by President Trump to potentially withdraw from the treaty. All the "no" votes were from conservative Republicans. Its passage comes days after admi... Read more »
HOMELAND PREPAREDNESS NEWS, DOUGLAS CLARK Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) recently joined their colleagues in introducing a measure designed to emphasize Congressional support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The legislators said the NATO Support Act backs the world’s longest-standing military alliance by rejecting any efforts by the President to withdraw fro... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger announced that a bipartisan bill she helped introduce to reiterate strong congressional support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) today overwhelmingly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The NATO Support Act would reject any efforts by the administration to withdraw from the NATO alliance, which is the longest-stand... Read more »
HENRICO, VA — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger helped kick off an event to educate children about the risk of human trafficking in their communities. Spanberger spoke to area students at an event hosted by UPS and the Richmond Justice Initiative (RJI) for its Prevention ProjectTM curriculum, which aims to educate middle and high school students about the dangers of human trafficking. UPS, in... Read more »
GLEN ALLEN, VA — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today invited high school students from Virginia’s Seventh District to participate in an essay contest, in which the winner will travel to Washington, D.C. to spend a day with Spanberger on Capitol Hill. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, Spanberger’s office has launched an essay contest encouraging students to write a 500-word... Read more »
NBC12 High school students in Virginia’s 7th District have the chance to spend a day in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill with U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger. The 500-word essay contest is in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy and is in response to this prompt: “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?’ I... Read more »
HENRICO CITIZEN STAFF U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today invited high school students from Virginia’s Seventh District to participate in an essay contest, through which the winner will travel to Washington, D.C. to spend a day with Spanberger on Capitol Hill. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, Spanberger’s office has launched an essay contest encouraging students to write ... Read more »
WCVE, CHARLES FISHBURNE CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Seventh District Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger begins work this week with her new committee assignments in House Foreign Affairs and Agriculture. She says they were her top choices. The former CIA officer, who worked in Western Europe recruiting spies and specializing in counter terrorism and nuclear proliferation says foreign affairs is a... Read more »
WASHINGTON POST, ERICA WERNER The new House Democratic freshmen who won on promises to change Washington arrived to find it more gridlocked than ever. Now they’re training their energy on the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, bringing new kinds of political disruption to the Capitol even as they discover the narrow limits of their power. For two days this past week, a group of these Democ... Read more »
