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Richmond resident Asia Broadie is juggling being a single parent, a restaurant worker and a nursing assistant student whose apartment rent absorbs much of her income. On Monday in Capitol Square, alongside U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, Brody said the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is essential for keeping food on her family’s plates.
Virginia’s Fourth District Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan said the pending cuts to SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, could impact about 34,000 of her constituents and the grocery stores that serve them, even those in rural Surry County.
“As I saw when I visited the only grocery store in Surry County, Surry Market, if they close people will have to drive at least 30 miles to get fresh food,” McClellan said Monday.
Democratic Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan joined several advocates to discuss the impacts SNAP cuts will have on Virginia’s budget at an event on Monday in Richmond.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the spending bill will cut $187 billion of federal funding by 2034, leaving hundreds of thousands of Virginia families at risk of losing SNAP benefits.
“SNAP not only keeps food on the table but, as you heard, it helps keep children healthy in the long term,” McClellan said.
In an article as a law student at the University of Virginia, future Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan rebutted as un-American a movement that had gained momentum to make English the nation’s official language.
In the nation’s early days, government accommodated language minorities, she noted. “The code of Virginia used to be printed in German because we had such a large German population,” McClellan, D-4th, said in an interview Thursday.
This week, students across Virginia’s Fourth return to school, including my own. I wish all students the best for the new academic year.
RICHMOND, Va. – Thursday, Aug. 21, advocates will join with Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan to decry the Trump Administration’s recent cancellation of Virginia’s $156 million “Solar for All” grant, intended to help low- and middle-income families access cost-saving clean energy. As a result of this cancellation alone – just the latest in a string of anti-environmental rollbacks – Virginia will lose out on an estimated 2,000 jobs while Virginians continue to face rising energy costs because of the Trump Administration’s failed policies.
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.