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Washington, DC – This week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to protect Virginia communities and save lives with strong bipartisan legislation to address gun violence. The Protecting Our Kids Act and Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act include common sense gun safety measures that will crack down on illegal gun trafficking, allow for federal extreme risk protection… Read more »

Sterling, VA – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) joined the First Lady of the United States Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at Dulles Airport yesterday to welcome a shipment of infant formula as part of the “Operation Fly Formula” to address recent supply chain challenges. “It was great to be with First Lady Jill Biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at Dulles… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) bipartisan Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 by a vote of 53-0. The legislation would nearly double funding for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First) to research new treatments and… Read more »

Washington, DC -- During a virtual reception last week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced the winners of the 2022 Virginia-10 Congressional Art Competition. Out of the more than 75 entries submitted this year, a panel of judges assembled by Congresswoman Wexton selected the winning piece along with first and second place pieces in each category. The virtual reception… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) requested a legal decision from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding two of the agencies’ findings in a recently released report on the Trump administration’s relocation of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research agencies to Kansas City, Missouri… Read more »

Washington, DC – This week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), member of the House Appropriations Committee, visited George Mason University’s campus in Fairfax to highlight the $650,000 she successfully secured to support K-20 quantum workforce development efforts in Northern Virginia. The funding, which Wexton requested as part of the Community Project Funding program… Read more »

May 4, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Gerry Connolly, and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging that the U.S. Department of Justice reconsider the… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law she helped pass will invest $232,426,060 this year to upgrade and expand local transit in Virginia. “I fought hard to pass our Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill into law, and I'm proud that Virginia is now seeing the benefits of this once-in-a-generation plan,” said… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Marie Newman (D-IL), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), co-chairs of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Transgender Equality Task Force, led 34 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution recognizing International Transgender Day of Visibility, which occurs each year on March 31. “At a time when the rights and… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted for landmark legislation to deliver lower insulin costs for Virginia families. By capping out-of-pocket expenses, the Affordable Insulin Now Act will ensure that Virginians pay no more than $35 for a monthly supply of insulin. “No one in America should have to sacrifice the care they need because they can't afford… Read more »