Spanberger calls for transparent budget, urges mindful fiscal policy
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger released the following statement after voting against a federal budget bill on the floor of the U.S. House.
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Morgan Griffith: Defense, freedom, trees
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On July 12, the U.S. House of Representatives passed on a near-party line vote the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Spanberger urges bipartisan action to lower prescription drug costs
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger is calling on her colleagues in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to work together to advance bipartisan legislation to combat the ongoing prescription drug affordability crisis in Central Virginia and across the country.
Morgan Griffith: Ninth District on the cutting edge of biological engineering for health care
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When not in Washington, D.C., voting in the U.S. House of Representatives during March, I was able to visit several sites where exciting research projects are underway. Previously, I wrote about some of them at Virginia Tech.
Virginia: Ain’t purple no more, it’s blue
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Credit to Virginia Republicans for drawing district lines to give them an 8-3 edge in representation in the U.S. House heading into Election Day 2018.
History of political boundaries since 1840: And how they can flip over time
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Experts at Virginia Tech and the University of Richmond have launched an online, interactive map that provides the most comprehensive view of U.S. House of Representative election results over nearly two centuries.
Are Super Bowl ads worth it? New research indicates sales benefits persist
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The 2018 Super Bowl arrives in a few weeks and over 40 percent of U.S. households will watch the game on TV. With a 30-second TV commercial priced at over $4 million, some advertisers may debate whether these ads are worth the cost.
Letter: Oil export ban
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A few weeks ago, the U.S. House voted to lift the longstanding ban on crude oil exports. It’s now up to President Obama and the Senate to stop this dangerous proposal – a big boost for the oil companies at the expense of the climate and our health.
Attorney General Mark Herring urges passage of Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring, along with the attorneys general of 36 states plus the District of Columbia, has written to leaders in the U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 (S. 524/HR 953).
SELC testifies before Congress on the need to consider the local communities impacted by natural gas pipelines on federal lands
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Southern Environmental Law Center Senior Attorney Greg Buppert testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on Wednesday on the failure of the proposed National Energy Security Corridors Act to account for the significant impacts that natural gas pipelines crossing federal lands would have on the surrounding local communities and private property.
