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March 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it: This weekend, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) celebrated the life and legacy of James Solomon Russell with Saint Paul’s College Alumni, friends and family. Russell, who was born enslaved in 1857, lived a life of service as a priest and educator, founding what would become St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA.

Issues:Education
March 27, 2025

In the 1880s, my great grandfather founded a school in their rural community because the state of Alabama did not provide a good education to Black children.

Issues:Education
March 26, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 2313, the Celestial Time Standardization Act, a bill to establish a time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies to improve interoperability in space exploration.

March 24, 2025
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During last week’s House recess I was back in the district sounding the alarm on the damage Trump and Congressional Republicans have inflicted on two cornerstones of well-being for every family — their health and education. 

March 20, 2025

Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education:

Issues:Education
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Photo of Rep. McClellan with Sen. Hashmi, Del. Sickles, and local health care advocates.
March 20, 2025

Richmond, VA – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and General Assembly Members Senator Ghazala Hashmi (SD-15) and Delegate Mark Sickles (HD-17) held a press conference highlighting the importance of Medicaid to the state budget, local health care systems and warning

Issues:Health
March 17, 2025
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It was a tense week in Washington as the clock ticked towards a government shutdown. House Republicans completely cut Democrats out of the process to ram through a 6-month funding bill that gave Elon Musk and Donald Trump a blank check to continue raiding federal agencies and traumatizing the federal workforce to ultimately fund tax cuts for billionaires.

March 13, 2025

Richmond, VA – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the start of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for high school students in Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.

March 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after House Republicans passed H.R. 1968, a partisan funding bill that cuts billions of funding for health care, affordable housing, and veterans’ benefits:

March 11, 2025
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During last week’s Joint Address to Congress, we all hoped to hear the President put the needs of the American people above partisan politics and his usual lies.

Instead, we got a rambling mess of a speech in which President Trump seemed more interested in creating a spectacle than actually putting forth an agenda for the American people.