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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement after Congresswoman Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives: “Over the past three weeks, the extreme House Republicans kept Congress in gridlock, preventing us from doing our important work for American families in the midst of critical international crises… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced that Virginia was awarded $93,123,844 in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services (OCS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this funding will help individuals and families… Read more »

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) joined Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) on a letter signed by every Democratic Jewish Member and 127 other Democrats in Congress to President Joe Biden expressing support for the Biden administration’s strong leadership in addressing conflict in the Middle… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced $71.7 million in new grants to strengthen electrical grid resilience and reliability in Virginia: $38.1 million for clean, reliable energy through the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; and $33.6 million for grid management and decarbonization through Dominion Energy Virginia. The funding for both… Read more »

Washington, D.C. ­– Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) along with 389 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists and condemning Hamas’… Read more »

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) are urging President Biden to designate Vladimir Kara-Murza, a lawful U.S. permanent resident of Virginia’s 10th District who has been wrongfully detained by Russian authorities since April of 2022, as an “unlawfully or wrongfully detained” U.S. national under U.S. federal law. Kara-Murza went missing… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement after voting for a motion to vacate the chair and remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “Kevin McCarthy won the Speakership by giving in to the extreme faction of his party, and he’s held onto power up until now by bending over backwards to appease those few… Read more »

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) issued the following statement after voting to pass a continuing resolution to extend government funding at Fiscal Year 2023 levels and avoid a disastrous government shutdown. “As the representative to more than forty thousand federal employees and thousands of federal contractors, keeping the government open and… Read more »

Washington, DC – With just days left before extreme House Republicans drive the government into a reckless shutdown, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) shared the many harmful ways in which everyday Virginians would be impacted. “While extreme Republicans in Congress are more concerned with playing partisan games, the hardworking families of Virginia’s 10th District will be forced… Read more »

Washington, DC – With extreme House Republicans threatening to send the government into a disastrous shutdown this week, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced the Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act to require federal financial regulators to issue guidance encouraging banks and other financial institutions to take steps to protect consumers and businesses from… Read more »