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Washington, DC – A bipartisan congressional delegation today wrote to FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor urging the Administration to increase the federal government’s allotment of emergency medical supplies and equipment to the National Capital Region. The letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Gerry… Read more »

Sterling, VA -- U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Denver Riggleman (R-VA-05), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) today urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to swiftly distribute billions of dollars in federal funding signed into law as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, as well as Representatives Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer, A. Donald McEachin, Elaine Luria, Abigail Spanberger, and Jennifer Wexton sent a letter urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide Virginia maximum flexibility to use funding from the coronavirus economic relief package to help address budget… Read more »

Washington, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, urging him to allow volunteers with the Peace Corps, Americorps, and other similar programs to be eligible for unemployment benefit programs passed in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “Peace Corps participants represent the best of America in… Read more »

Washington, DC -- U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) this evening held a conference call with representatives of over a dozen Virginia lending institutions to discuss questions and concerns about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program tomorrow. The program, established by the CARES Act to support small businesses hurt by… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Today, Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerry E. Connolly, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jamie Raskin, Committee Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) demanding the GSA cease internal plans and operations to aid the Trump Administration’s… Read more »

Washington, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) supported the passage of a $2 trillion legislative stimulus package to provide direct relief for workers and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan legislation makes historic investments in public health care systems, provides urgently needed relief for families and small businesses, and… Read more »

Washington, DC -- The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed unanimously by the Senate this week and currently up for a vote in the House of Representatives, includes provisions from Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s Retirement Protection Act to safeguard Americans’ retirement savings from the financial crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Wexton… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), along with U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), A. Donald McEachin (D-VA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to swiftly… Read more »

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced the Retirement Protection Act to safeguard Americans’ retirement savings in the midst of the financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Americans’ hard-earned retirement savings plans are being devastated by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Congresswoman… Read more »