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