
Spanberger: Budget deal protects investments in rural broadband
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.

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 House voted Wednesday to pass H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019. This bipartisan bill will help Coastal Virginia’s agricultural industry by implementing reforms that aim to address scarcities in labor.

The House voted today to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would lower the costs of key medicines and medical treatments by thousands of dollars, making lifesaving care more affordable for American families.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s bipartisan legislation — introduced alongside Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX-23) — to combat Central American trafficking and smuggling networks as part of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger is cosponsoring legislation to empower local school districts to engage girls, young women, and minority students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) introduced a bipartisan bill to help more Virginia students and workers afford high-quality workforce training and credentialing programs.

The House of Representatives voted today to pass legislation that would crack down on illegal robocalls.

Rossella Gabriele, a 2019 magna cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University who received a BS with a double major in physics and global politics, is the university’s 17th Rhodes Scholar.

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee passed Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s legislation to protect 5G and next-generation wireless communications systems and mobile infrastructure.

U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) announced the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved their bipartisan Restore Our Parks Act.
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