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McClellan Announces $6 Million in DOT Grant Award to Enhance Safety and Improve Service of Central Virginia Rail

October 29, 2024

Washington, D.C.

McClellan Announces Over $5 Million to Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to Modernize Virginia Rail and Improve Accessibility

October 25, 2024

Press Release

Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) will receive $5,836,000 through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The funding will support upgrades to the Staples Mill Station and improve accessibility, safety, and passenger experience.

McClellan Statement on Federal Court Decision to Block Youngkin’s Voter Roll Purge

October 25, 2024

Press Release

I welcome the U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles’ ruling to temporarily block Governor Youngkin’s order and prevent the disenfranchisement of thousands of Virginia voters. There is no evidence of widespread non-citizen voting in Virginia or in any state in our nation.

McClellan Launches 2024-2025 Youth Advisory Council

October 23, 2024

Press Release

Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the launch of her inaugural Youth Advisory Council District Program to provide high school students with a platform to engage with McClellan, her congressional staff, and current events through monthly meetings.

McClellan, Spanberger, Wittman Announce $2.25 Million Grant Award for Richmond International Airport

October 22, 2024

Press Release

Richmond, VA – Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Rob Wittman (R-VA-01)

Weekly Newsletter, 10.15.24

October 15, 2024

Newsletters

Fall is here, and after finally passing legislation to extend current government funding through December 20th, Congress re

Virginia Mail Service Improves — But Get Your Ballot In Early

October 11, 2024

In The News

The group — Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, along with Reps. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th and Abigail Spanberger, D-7th — met Friday with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in Richmond for a briefing on what the U.S. Postal Service has been doing to get service in Virginia back on track ahead of the challenge of handling hundreds of thousands of mailed absentee ballots.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

The latest news from Richmond's once-beleaguered regional mail center is that delivery times are getting back to the national average — but the latest advice if you're voting by mail is to do it sooner rather than later, Virginia's two U.S.

McClellan Statement on the Anniversary of the October 7th Terrorist Attack

October 7, 2024

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel:

National bus tour stops in Va., boosts Democrats’ promise to protect ACA, Inflation Reduction Act

October 7, 2024

In The News

U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, noted how Democrats in Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 — which included price caps on insulin and the ability to negotiate the prices of other popular prescription medications. At the state level and prior to being elected to congress, McClellan helped pass a bill to create Virginia’s state healthcare exchange. And in 2018, a few Virginian Republicans backed Democrat-led efforts to expand Medicaid eligibility.

Virginia Mercury

“The Affordable Care Act saved my life,” said Laura Packard, a Virginia resident, Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor and health advocate who joined other advocates and state and federal Democratic lawmakers on Monday as part of a national bus tour highlighting Democrat-led efforts to expand health care access.

How ignored warnings at Boar's Head plant led to a deadly listeria outbreak

September 30, 2024

In The News

In a letter to Boar’s Head leaders, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, a Virginia Democrat whose district includes Jarratt, asked why violations occurred repeatedly and whether government inspectors were routinely present at the facility, as required by law.

The Washington Post

In mid-July, as listeria infection cases multiplied across the United States, Maryland health officials who track foodborne illnesses grew increasingly alarmed. The outbreak was spreading at a much more rapid rate than normal for listeria.

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