Washington, DC – Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the “Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act.” The legislation, which was championed by Congresswoman Wexton and named in her honor, is the most significant action Congress has taken in decades to combat Parkinson’s and related neurodegenerative diseases like Wexton’s Progressive Supranucl... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act, which aims to help Korean Americans reconnect with the families they left behind in North Korea decades ago in the wake of the Korean War. Wexton led the bipartisan legislation alongside Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA), which was passe... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced a bipartisan resolution to officially recognize May as “Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Awareness Month.” Wexton announced last summer that she had been diagnosed with PSP, an atypical parkinsonism which she often refers to as “Parkinson’s on steroids.” “I know personally how scary and devastating a condition PSP can be f... Read More »
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) celebrated the Senate’s bipartisan vote to pass the “Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act.” The legislation, named in Wexton’s honor, now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Wexton became a champion for the legislation following her diagnosis of progressive supranuclear pal... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) spoke on the House floor to recognize PSP Awareness Month. Wexton shared the story of her personal journey batling PSP and the urgent need to raise awareness of the rare disease. Due to complications from her condition, Wexton delivered the remarks via a text-to-speech app. “I share the personal details of my journey with PSP not because... Read More »
Sterling, VA -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator and U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) celebrated the significant progress made in addressing contamination and restoring safe drinking water at the Hidden Lane Landfill Superfund site in Sterling, Virginia. Thanks to more than $22 million made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure La... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) legislation to rename the Purcellville, Virginia post office in honor of Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State who called Virginia’s 10th District home for many years. “I’m pleased that the House has come together to honor the legacy of Secretary Albright by pas... Read More »
Washington, DC – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the addition of five neighboring counties in Virginia to the Maryland disaster declaration for the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, including Prince William County, enabling more Virginia businesses to be eligible to apply for SBA’s low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans. After hearing from constituent businesses impact... Read More »
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) celebrated a new $350,900 grant for clean energy initiatives in Loudoun County today through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, funded by the the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and managed by DOE’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). The Loudoun funding is part of more than $26.9 million to nine... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass a package of four security bills to strengthen the national security of America and its allies. The security funding package delivers critical support for Ukraine’s war against Russian aggression, provides for Israel’s right to defend itself and sends lifesaving relief to Gaza and other people in need worldwide, and enhance... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, on World Parkinson’s Day, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Jen Kiggins (R-VA) and Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced a bipartisan and bicameral resolution to designate April as “Parkinson’s Awareness Month.” Wexton announced last year that she had been diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), an atypical parkinsonism ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), alongside U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-8), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, strongly urging the immediate designation of Vladimir Kara-Murza as a wrongfully detained U.S. n... Read More »
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) celebrated that eight small-scale transportation infrastructure projects in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District will receive a total of $11,927,128 in federal funding allocated by The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB). This funding is part of federal Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA Set-Aside) Program fundi... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass a package of six funding bills that helps Americans with the cost of living, protects women’s rights, reinforces America’s global leadership, and helps our communities be safe and secure. “Despite the extremism and dysfunction of House Republicans, we’ve finally come together to pass government funding packages that deliver... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) Modernization Act to increase benefits for Medicaid beneficiaries in nursing home facilities. The bill would double the federal floor of the Personal Needs Allowance from $30 per individual and $60 per couple to $60 per individual and $120 per couple, and index the amount to inflation going f... Read More »
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