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April 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led 14 House members in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers to ensure the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) are providing military servicemembers with quality maternal health care in the Military Health System (MHS).

April 20, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House unanimously passed Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congressman Neal Dunn (FL-02)’s H.R. 7386, the First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act. The bill extends through 2037 legal authority for FirstNet, a wireless communications network used by public safety agencies and first responders to coordinate during emergencies. The bill also improves transparency and oversight and removes barriers to rapid response.

April 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after she voted again in support of an Iran War Powers Resolution, a measure to curb the Trump Administration’s major military campaign in Iran:

April 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) called for continued action to improve Black maternal health instead of the Trump Administration’s attacks against health care with health advocates and U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Yvette Clarke (NY-11), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12). Black Maternal Health Week, from April 11 to 17, marks a time to raise awareness to the fact that Black women face higher risks of maternal death, stillbirths, preterm births and pregnancy-related complications.

Issues:Health
April 14, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined a group of her DMV colleagues in pressing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford for answers on two recent reports of equipment failure at the FAA Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility that caused evacuation of the facility, hospitalization of FAA personnel, and groundings and delays for aircraft at the covered airports in Virginia and Maryland.

April 14, 2026

Steep reductions in federal health care funding mean big cuts in emergency mental health, housing and food help for some of Richmond’s sickest people, the Health Brigade free clinic says.

And Richmonders who may be sick with HIV, sexually transmitted infections or tuberculosis may never know until it's too late because there’s no money for community testing programs.

Issues:Health
April 7, 2026
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With many of you on Spring Break and celebrating the holidays, chaos continues to reign in Washington. 

March 27, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after she voted against a House Republican continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for 60 days:

March 26, 2026
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For over a month, the Department of Homeland Security has been subject to a partial government shutdown. Congressional Republicans let funding lapse for DHS rather than adopt common-sense reforms to protect individual constitutional rights and address the public safety crisis created by overly aggressive and poorly trained ICE and Border Patrol agents. While the Big Ugly Law provided nearly $200 billion to ICE and Border Patrol, the funding lapse means that Coast Guard, FEMA and TSA employees have now worked unpaid since Valentine’s Day.

March 25, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congressman Neal Dunn (FL-02)’s bill, H.R. 7386, unanimously advanced out of the Energy & Commerce Committee, where it now heads to the House floor for a vote.