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PETERSBURG, Va. -- A Virginia congresswoman is adding her voice to those concerned about conditions and ongoing issues at the Carriage House Apartments in Petersburg.
"We thought that these issues were going to be addressed. They still haven't been addressed. So, we're looking at additional oversight activities," said Rep. Jennifer McClellan
Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, proposes to go where no member of Congress has gone before with legislation to establish standards for celestial time, beginning with the moon, as the U.S. renews its commitment to lunar exploration.
McClellan has introduced the “Celestial Time Standardization Act,” which would put into law a new initiative by President Joe Biden to create standards to synchronize the differences between time on Earth and other planetary bodies.
PETERSBURG – If Rep. Jennifer McClellan has her way, the downtown Petersburg post office will be named in memory of the first Black person to serve Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.
McClellan, D-4th, said Friday she will introduce House Resolution 7385 Monday to put John Mercer Langston’s name on the 89-year-old building at 29 Franklin St. She will announce the resolution at a 10 a.m. ceremony Monday at Virginia State University’s Langston Hall.
It’s been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. One of the most famous speeches in American history, it is named for its most quoted line: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Dr. King’s speech became emblematic of the Civil Rights Movement and has been taught in classrooms across America for decades.
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan joins an enlightening episode of "Faithful Politics" with hosts Will Wright and Pastor Josh Bertram.
By Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Last week everyone on the East Coast was talking about smoke from the Canadian wildfires. It was a reminder of the fact that climate change is already having devasting impacts on communities. This is particularly true for the communities of color and environmental justice communities I represent, who disproportionately suffer the health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change.
As I took my oath of office last month to become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress, I felt the weight of history and my responsibility. I was sworn in during Women’s History Month on March 7, exactly 58 years to the day that voting rights activists faced the brutality of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It reminded me that the past is still present as the country faces familiar fights for justice — including environmental justice.