ABC NEWS, TESSA WEINBERG Moments before Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va. went to the White House with a bipartisan group of House members Wednesday, she said that she would be open to a conversation on national security at the U.S.-Mexico border, including the possibility of "additional physical barriers." "I will advocate for and I will vote for efforts to secure our Southern border that are done i... Read more »
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH, REP. ABIGAIL SPANBERGER Earlier this month, I was sworn into office as a U.S. representative serving the people of central Virginia. The moment was special. Before I took the oath of office, I was surrounded by the warm presence of hundreds of old and new friends from Virginia’s 7th. Together, we talked about the need to pursue smart policies in Congress that can build str... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR EXPONENT, REP. ABIGAIL SPANBERGER Earlier this month, I was sworn into office as a U.S. Representative serving the people of Central Virginia. The moment was special. Before I took the oath of office, I was surrounded by the warm presence of hundreds of old and new friends from Virginia’s 7th District. We talked about the need to pursue smart policies in Congress that can build stron... Read more »
REAL CLEAR POLITICS, TIM HAINS Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) joins MTP Daily to discuss the reports surrounding Trump’s relationship with Russia and the government shutdown. "It is concerning to me that members of the FBI would be so worried about what they might have seen, and have significant actionable items that they focused on and saw and opened a case," she said about reports the FBI inves... Read more »
GLEN ALLEN, V.A. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger met with Central Virginia federal employees who are negatively impacted by the ongoing 22-day government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. During today’s roundtable discussion in Henrico, Spanberger met with local members and leaders of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), who shared personal stories about how th... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a funding bill to help end the ongoing government shutdown and to reopen the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since the partial government shutdown began on December 22, 2018, the EPA has been forced to halt... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) today introduced bipartisan legislation to make sure military personnel and law enforcement receive their salaries in the event of a lapse in funding or budget impasse, such as the ongoing partial government shutdown. The bipartisan Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enf... Read more »
THE HILL, MAX RICHTMAN The record number of women legislators on Capitol Hill could have a positive impact on women’s retirement security. More than 100 women were sworn-into office as members of the U.S. House last week. This new “sisterhood” of lawmakers brings a stronger female perspective to the nation’s retirement challenges — which disproportionately affect women — and the possibility of rev... Read more »
NBC12, ALANA AUSTIN Virginia lawmakers are weighing in on the federal government shutdown as workers start to feel the pressure. Friday marks day 21 of the partial federal government shutdown. As employees miss their first paychecks because of this political standoff, Virginia lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hope to move the nation forward. Freshmen Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger... Read more »
