House passes Protecting Our Kids Act: Tight, slightly bipartisan vote
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The U.S. House passed, in bipartisan fashion, technically speaking, the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of gun violence prevention legislation.
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Spanberger leads push to boost domestic prescription drug production
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Pharmaceutical companies have regularly stopped producing key generic drugs. The reason: these medicines do not generate enough profit.
McEachin joins McClellan, local stakeholders to tout EV investments
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Transportation remains Virginia’s and the nation’s largest source of carbon pollution, comprising nearly half of all the emissions generated here in Virginia.
Committee passes bill to crack down on consolidation in meat processing industry
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The House Agriculture Committee this week to pass two legislative efforts led by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) to address rising food prices — including her bill to tackle anticompetitive practices in the American meat and poultry industry.
Virginia receives $982K grant to build nutritious school lunches
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The Virginia Department of Education has received a $982,827 USDA grant to build and retain a knowledgeable workforce to ensure school lunches are nutritious and meet students’ needs.
President Biden signs Spanberger’s Better Cybercrime Metrics Act into law
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Cyber and cyber-enabled crimes continue to rise at an alarming rate — including due to the emergence of scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court about to overturn Roe: ‘A dark and disturbing day for America’
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Here we are, with the U.S. Supreme Court about to overturn Roe v. Wade, and four in five Americans believe abortion should be legal in at least some circumstances. Only in our gerrymandered America.
House passes legislation to seize Russian oligarchs’ assets
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A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act, legislation that would encourage the seizure and sale of Russian oligarchs’ assets to support Ukraine’s continued fight for freedom.
Rappahannock Tribe acquires 465 acres at Fones Cliffs sacred site
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The Rappahannock Tribe has re-acquired 465 acres at Fones Cliffs, a sacred site to the Tribe located on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River.
Robert C. Koehler: When Jim Crow greeted black veterans home
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There’s a piece of legislation sitting in the House Veterans Affairs Committee — H.R. 5905 — that cuts a swath 75 years deep into American history and attempts to undo the sort of wrong we’re no longer supposed to talk about in the classroom.
