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March 6, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswomen Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) led 47 House Democrats in a letter to President Trump, expressing serious concern over the significant and harmful impact of recent executive orders to halt refugee processing and admissions and up-end the Special Immigrant Visa program for our Afghan allies.

March 5, 2025

Washington, D.C. –In case you missed it: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), in an effort to raise awareness of the urgent need to protect Medicaid from nearly $1 trillion in proposed federal cuts, invited Jeanne Robinson, a Medicaid-funded home care worker who cares for her grandson with Down syndrome, to attend last night’s joint session of Congress as her guest.

March 5, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer L. McClellan (VA-04) led her Virginia Democratic colleagues Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) in a letter to President Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, urging the Administration to revise or rescind its 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

March 4, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump addressed a Joint Session of Congress.

“Tonight, I had hoped to hear President Trump put the needs of the American people above politics. That’s not what we got. Instead, Trump spent two hours spewing lies and stoking bigotry and division. 

March 1, 2025

Richmond, VA – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the winners of her second annual Black History Month Essay Contest: Tanvi Palavalas, a student at Maggie Walker High School, and Augustus Rezba-Patel, a student at Albert Hill Middle School. 

February 21, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump fired Air Force General Charles Q Brown, Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: 

February 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. – This week, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) introduced H.R. 1331, the Teacher and School Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act, to help combat the national teacher and school administrator shortage and strengthen partnerships between universities and high-need schools.  

Issues:Education
February 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order to decimate the nation’s federal workforce: 

February 13, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed at the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services:

“Parents should not have to worry that the top public health official in our nation spreads debunked conspiracy theories. They deserve clarity, especially when the well-being of their children is on the line.

February 10, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) launched her second annual Women of Excellence Awards Program to celebrate Women’s History Month and women who make meaningful contributions to Virginia’s Fourth District.