Congress has so much left to get done – not only passing our 12 funding bills but working on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans, secure our border, fix our crumbling roads and bridges, rein in out of control spending, and so much more. Instead of staying to get the work done, Speaker Pelosi is giving members a six-week legislative recess – leaving Congress… Read more »
The American economy is stronger now than it has been in decades. Since January 2017, the U.S. economy has created 5.6 million jobs. In fact, 224,000 jobs were created in June alone. The unemployment rate has hit a 50-year low. We are seeing historic levels of small business optimism, record numbers of job openings, increased business investment, and higher… Read more »
This week on the House floor, we debated H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. As many of you already know, the NDAA directs policy and spending plans for the Defense Department. At the beginning of this week, I penned an oped for Defense News detailing not only what was necessary to make a bipartisan NDAA, but why doing so is so important. For… Read more »
Each day I walk the halls of the Capitol Building, I am in awe of the debates, votes, and victories that have taken place over 243+ years to preserve the liberties and freedoms we enjoy today. The building is filled with history, not only history of the events that have taken place there, but the artifacts of that history placed all around the building. The most grand of the rooms is the… Read more »
Across the First District, thousands of high school seniors are celebrating - celebrating the years of dedication and hard work it has taken to be able to walk across that stage, diploma in hand, and declare themselves a graduate. What an achievement.
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of addressing the graduating class of Lancaster County High School during their commencement ceremony… Read more »
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2019 is halfway over. It has been a busy year, and June was certainly a busy month. I hosted the third meeting of my Rural Broadband Task Force, broke ground on the 10-mile extension of I-95 Express Lanes in Fredericksburg, fought for our armed forces in this year’s NDAA committee markup, and took the time to visit with folks over breakfast.
If you haven’t taken a moment to… Read more »
This week, the House started debating our annual appropriations bills – the legislation that funds the federal government. There are 12 different appropriations bills that must pass the House and the Senate by October 1 of each year. The consequence if we do not? Either a continuing resolution (CR) or a government shutdown. Under a CR, all spending remains the same, meaning that we can’t… Read more »
Every year, the House Armed Services Committee creates and brings to the floor the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA directs policy and spending plans for the Defense Department.
This week, the subcommittees of the House Armed Services Committee released our proposals for the next NDAA, which… Read more »
This week, we celebrated Public Service Recognition Week to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. The First District is home to so many hardworking federal employees and I am very grateful for their service.
A passion for public service is what drives me. My dad served in World War II, and he instilled in… Read more »
Last week I traveled all across the First District meeting with groups of all sizes on different issues important to them. In particular, I visited several different health care facilities that offer so much to our community.
I visited Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center to tour their facility and receive a brief on the services they offer to patients. I specifically learned about… Read more »
