
Are supermarkets cutting back on single-use plastics?
How are American supermarket chains doing in regard to cutting back on single-use plastics?

How are American supermarket chains doing in regard to cutting back on single-use plastics?

Don Beyer (D-VA) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) are seeking a briefing on “unresolved questions that were raised” by the shooting of unarmed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police.

Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) voted Friday to reauthorize for ten years the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, which supports American workers by financing the export of American-made goods from companies nationwide, including small businesses.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) released a letter today urging the U.S. Park Police to open an internal investigation into the killing of Bijan Ghaisar.

Don Beyer issued the following the Justice Department’s announcement that it would close the investigation into the Nov. 17, 2017 killing of 25-year-old Northern Virginia accountant Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police without filing criminal charges.

Despite the fact that the U.S. boasts more than 20 million veterans who have served in World War II through the present day, the plight of veterans today has become America’s badge of shame

Rep. Abigail Spanberger is working to advance bipartisan legislation that would expand Pell Grant eligibility for qualifying short-term programs and give more Central Virginia students access to workforce training courses.

Virginia Career Works – Fishersville Center will host an Apprenticeship Information and Job Fair at 1076 Jefferson Hwy. on Wednesday from 10am – noon.

Elaine Luria (VA-02) and other members of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force this week condemned President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would begin the withdrawal process from the Paris Climate Accord.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Senate colleagues and leaders from HBCUs – including a student from Virginia Union University in Richmond – in calling on the Senate to pass the bipartisan FUTURE Act.
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