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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), along with co-leads Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Madeleine Dean (D-PA), introduced a bipartisan resolution to officially designate February as “Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.” The resolution, introduced today on Valentine’s Day, recognizes the damaging effects… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced nearly $1.8 million in new federal grants to support housing assistance and supportive services to Virginians battling homelessness: $174,319 for Loudoun County and $1,621,003 for Prince William County. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care program as… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to pass Representative Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) 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 introduced the bipartisan bill last week alongside Representative Michelle Steel… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Michelle Steel (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Divided Families National Registry Act to help Korean Americans reunite with their families in North Korea who they have not been able to connect with since the Korean War. The legislation would create a new national registry of Korean Americans and their families… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) voted to pass bipartisan tax legislation that delivers critical wins to hardworking families and businesses in Virginia’s 10th District, including an expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). "I'm proud to vote to pass this bipartisan tax package which will deliver a tax cut for middle class families with kids, putting… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) led the introduction of the bipartisan No Funds for Forced Labor Act, which seeks to prevent international financial institutions (IFIs) from supporting projects that pose significant risk of using forced labor. The bipartisan legislation would empower American officials to oppose IFI loans, which in part rely on U.S.… Read more »

Washington, DC – U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) sent a bipartisan letter calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to emphasize the ongoing atrocities and human rights violations committed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) later this month.  “One of China's… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge from Virginia’s 10th District: Scribe, designed by Arjun Babla. “The ingenuity, passion, and creativity of the young Virginians participating in the Congressional App Challenge never fails to amaze me,” said Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. “I am excited to congratulate… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan “Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act.” Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) has become a champion and vocal advocate for the legislation since her diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a form of atypical Parkinsonism, this past… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) sent a public comment letter supporting a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to regulate Trichloroethylene (TCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to protect families from the dangerous health and environmental impacts of the chemical.  A final risk determination for TCE released last… Read more »