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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 »

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress this evening: “Throughout my more than two decades of public service, I've seen firsthand the America that Joe Biden spoke about tonight – a place where families in every community are fighting to give their kids a brighter future, where our leaders can come together ... Read More »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced $14,996,550 in Community Project Funding that she secured for Virginia’s 10th District in the 2024 spending bills. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages set to be voted on this week, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs and priorities in the 10th District. “I’m pro... Read More »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, a package of six domestic spending bills focused on providing crucial support to families and communities across the country. The bill includes $14,996,550 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Virginia’s 10th District that will go to directly support a variety of local projects, i... Read More »

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0, which would reauthorize federal funding for the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First), which has supported lifesaving pediatric research of treatments and cures for childhood cancer o... Read More »

Manassas, VA – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced $1,499,375 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance new innovative and environmentally friendly high-energy storage solutions at Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas. This funding is a part of a larger $15 million, 12-project package through the Pioneering Rai... Read More »

Sterling, VA – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) applauded the beginning of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project to remove trichloroethylene (TCE) chemicals at the Hidden Lane Landfill Superfund site in Sterling. The cleanup is made possible thanks to federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “I know firsthand how Parkinson’s Disease and atypical parkinsonisms can be d... Read More »