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This weekend, Virginia inaugurated a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. I was excited to participate in the historic celebrations as Abigail Spanberger became the first woman Governor in the Commonwealth’s history. I wish her and fellow history-makers Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi and Attorney General Jay Jones the best as they begin a new chapter in Virginia.
Happy New Year and welcome back for the second year of the 119th Congress! We are already off to a busy start. As we begin this new year, I remain focused on issues that directly affect constituents in the Fourth District. Even in troubling times, I still have hope and renewed optimism for the work and progress we can achieve as a community.
I hope you are enjoying a holiday season full of comfort and joy as we come to the end of 2025. As we began the year and ushered in the second Trump Administration on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, I could not help but ask the question Dr. King pondered in the final year of his life: “Where do we go from here: chaos or community?”
This marks our last scheduled week of work in 2025 with only 5 days left to extend enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act before they expire and cause insurance premiums to skyrocket for millions of Americans.
I’ve spent the past few months raising awareness and sounding the alarm on the consequences of letting the tax credits expire. For the past two weeks, I continued drawing attention to people who could be priced out of their health insurance as I anchored the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order Hour.
Dear Friends,
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving as we head into the closing month of 2025.
After 43 days, the longest federal government shutdown in American history has finally ended.
It never should have happened to begin with. But Congressional Republicans chose to shut down the government rather than pass funding bills meeting the needs of the American people and addressing the health care crisis that they created.
Republicans’ government shutdown continues, and time is running out to avoid a catastrophic hit to our health care system. House Republicans refuse to come to Washington, despite the urgent need to extend enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.
It’s been over three weeks since the Republicans shut down the government rather than address a health care crisis of their own making.
We remain in the midst of a federal government shutdown with no clear end in sight.
Speaker Mike Johnson canceled yet another week of votes.
After weeks of inaction from Congressional Republicans, funding for the federal government ran out at midnight on October 1st. We are now in Day 6 of a government shutdown, leaving 750,000 federal workers furloughed with no idea of when they’ll receive their next paycheck and millions more uncertain of what the future holds.