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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the launch of her Youth Advisory Council for the 2025-2026 school year to provide high school students in the district with a platform to engage with the Congresswoman and her Congressional staff through monthly meetings.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined Representatives Maxine Dexter (OR-03) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) to introduce the Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act, new legislation aimed at strengthening national understanding and response strategies to protect children’s health during wildfire smoke events. Wildfire smoke contains dangerous pollutants that can trigger asthma, worsen respiratory conditions and increase the risk of long-term lung damage.
August recess provides an opportunity to travel throughout the district to provide legislative updates and see first hand how work on the Hill impacts local communities. Last week, I traveled to Surry to discuss the Big Ugly Law and the Trump Administration’s actions with faith leaders and the owners of the county’s only grocery store. I also met with food bank officers, farmers market managers and school nutrition coordinators to discuss how SNAP and other federal funding cuts hinder their ability to feed children, seniors, low-income and rural communities.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (VA-4), Don Beyer (VA-8), Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Glenn Ivey (MD-4), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Sarah Elfreth (MD-3), Eugene Vindman (VA-7), and April McClain Delaney (MD-6) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement that he would temporarily federalize the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard in the District of Columbia:
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, landmark legislation that outlawed racist voter disenfranchisement and expanded voting rights to Black Americans whose ability to cast a ballot had been severely limited, especially in Virginia and other states in the South. U.S. Rep.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced H.R. 4894, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, to address the rise in deceptive voter suppression practices and intimidation in federal elections. The bill is cosponsored by 32 House Members. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) plans to introduce the Senate companion legislation.
With Congress in recess until September, I get to spend more time meeting constituents here in Virginia’s Fourth District.
To kick off connecting with her district during recess, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Va., hosted a town hall geared toward seniors today. Around 60 attendees discussed their concerns about Social Security, Medicare, immigration and the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.
“I call it the ‘One Big Ugly Bill,’ ‘The Big, Massive Frankenstein,’ whatever you want to call it,” McClellan said. “The bill that was signed on July 4. There’s a lot in there, and I’m not going to touch on every aspect of it.”
U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, is pushing back against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent claimsthat all 2,500 immigrants detained in statewide operations since March were violent offenders, saying Monday she doesn’t believe it — and won’t — until the administration provides proof.
The congresswoman says people aren't showing up to court “because they're afraid.”
US Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D–4th) met with officials at the Chesterfield County Courthouse Monday to voice concern that migrants who need to appear in court for relatively minor offenses are now choosing not to show up entirely to avoid being detained by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.