
Morgan Griffith: Retrocession, not statehood, for D.C.
The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.

The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.

Sixty-seven percent of U.S. households own at least one pet, contributing to a lot of food bowls to fill. And with owners spending more than $30 billion each year feeding their four-legged friends, the pet food industry must keep up.

Setting an agenda means setting priorities. Based on the agenda of the U.S. House of Representatives, apparently marijuana is a priority of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services continues to warn Virginia residents not to open suspicious, unsolicited seed packets that have recently been mailed to U.S. households from international origins.

The U.S. House on Wednesday followed the Senate’s lead and overwhelmingly passed historic public lands legislation to guarantee federal funds for local, state and national parks, trails and recreation facilities.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today joined Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) to announce plans to introduce the Growing Climate Solutions Act in the U.S. House.

Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted a telephone town hall with representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, and the Office of the Governor of Virginia.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., today called on the U.S. Senate to vote on a comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform package passed in the U.S. House last year.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va. joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House in passing bipartisan funding bills that would protect funding for rural broadband projects.

The U.S. House passed the bipartisan Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services (MAPS) Act, introduced by Congressman A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., and Congressman Billy Long, R-Mo.
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