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The Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act prohibits debts collectors from threatening a servicemember with reducing their rank, revoking their security clearance, or prosecuting them under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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The Pipeline Security Act is a response to the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which forced the shut down of the gas pipeline for several days.
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The U.S. House voted on Friday to pass Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would ensure that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs or denied reasonable accommodations that would allow them to continue working.
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Bipartisan legislation to address the unique maternal health risks facing pregnant and postpartum veterans passed the U.S. House this week.
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Seventh District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger spoke Thursday on the floor of the House to honor the U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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A Forest man who owned and operated Lighthouse Properties of Virginia Inc. pleaded guilty this week in connection with an embezzlement scheme in excess of $550,000.
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Christiansburg made history in 2019 as the first place in the U.S. to have a residential drone delivery service: a yellow-winged drone with a small cardboard box tucked underneath it.
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The House of Representatives passed the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act.
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The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass the Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act, legislation authored by Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action are marking the one-year anniversary of AgMission, an initiative to reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture.
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