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This week began a six week legislative recess, during which I am working in the District. As we gear up for the start of school later this month, I held a town hall meeting with area teachers to hear their concerns heading into the new year. I also held a roundtable with early childhood educators, welcomed the NASA Deputy Administrator to Richmond, attended the first ever Statewide Health District Director Summit, and kicked off Breastfeeding Awareness Month. I also took some time to celebrate the birthday of my biggest supporter - my husband, David Mills!
This was Congress's last week in session before the August recess, and we finished a day early due to House Republican Caucus dysfunction. We were supposed to consider two of the twelve pending FY2024 appropriations bills, but only one made it to the floor because House Republican moderates and conservatives could not reach an agreement on the other.
Congress was back in session for a very busy week of votes, bill introductions, press conferences, a Congressional picnic at the White House, and a Joint Session of Congress to hear from President Isaac Herzog of Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. |
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After a two week recess, Congress is back in session for a three week sprint to the August recess. The main event last week was the floor vote on the 2024 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act (FY24 NDAA).
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House Republicans Stoke Culture Wars in NDAA |
I hope you had a happy and safe Independence Day as we commemorated 247 years since the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. Congress was in recess, and I spent some much needed time with my family. While it was a relatively quiet week, we still got a lot done－including starting a Threads profile! You can now follow me on Threads, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @RepMcClellan for real-time updates on what I’m up to. |
After seven weeks of session, Congress was in recess, and I was back in the district this week. I hosted my first telephone town hall, opened my new office in Brunswick, and held another roundtable with local government leaders. The Supreme Court also wrapped up its session and handed down several major rulings and the Biden Administration announced significant infrastructure investments headed to Virginia.
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This week, Congress was back in session for votes, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a Joint Session of Congress, the House Armed Services Committee took up the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, and House Republicans censured Representative Adam Schiff in retaliation for his leading investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. This week also marked the one year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v.
Happy Juneteenth! I hope you are enjoying this state and federal holiday, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in America. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, liberating those enslaved in the states in rebellion, word did not reach Texas until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865 with General Order No. 3 proclaiming freedom for the still enslaved people in Texas. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery was ratified nearly six months later on December 6, 1865. |
This week was scheduled to be a District work week, but I returned to Washington to end the Republicans’ manufactured debt ceiling crisis by passing the Bipartisan Budget Act negotiated by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy.
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Default Crisis Averted |