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May 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Elaine Luria this week voted for a pair of bipartisan bills to bring needed reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and VA facilities. |
May 20, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria this week voted for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to address increasing acts of violence and discrimination toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
May 20, 2021
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This week, Congresswoman Elaine Luria supported the GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act (H.R. 2167), which would protect veterans’ educational benefits from expiring due to institutional closures or other COVID-19 related factors.
May 20, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives urging her colleagues to uphold their oaths to protect and defend the Constitution. Her remarks came during the debate over H.R. 3233, legislation creating a 9/11-style commission, comprised of a group of independent, bipartisan experts, to get to the truth of how the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol happened and ensure that it cannot happen again.
May 20, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria’s Pipeline Security Act passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Homeland Security (HCHS). The bipartisan legislation would support the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to secure pipelines and pipeline facilities from cyberattacks, terrorist attacks, and other nefarious efforts.
May 20, 2021
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House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Vice Chair Elaine Luria pressed U.S. Maritime Administration officials on the importance and national security implications of U.S. flagged shipping. Vice Chair Luria’s questions came at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Joint Hearing of the Readiness and Sea Power and Projection Forces Subcommittees.
May 17, 2021
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Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria voted to end discrimination against pregnant workers. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065) would ensure that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs unnecessarily or denied reasonable accommodations that would allow them to continue working while maintaining healthy pregnancies.
May 17, 2021
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This week, Congresswoman Elaine Luria voted to protect servicemembers from nefarious debt collection practices. The Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act (H.R. 2547) 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.
May 17, 2021
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On Wednesday May 26, Congresswoman Elaine Luria will host a virtual town hall on the ongoing federal response to COVID-19 and vaccine distribution. The Congresswoman will be joined by Dr. Parham Jaberi, Virginia Department of Health’s chief deputy commissioner and current acting health director for Virginia Beach and Norfolk.
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May 20, 2021
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A local member of Congress is pitching a plan to take a serious look at stopping cyberattacks on critical infrastructures.
May 20, 2021
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On Monday, May 10, 2021, Congresswoman Elaine Luria joined Arcadia High School students and staff for a 30 minute virtual Town Hall Question and Answer session.
May 10, 2021
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The vice-chair of the House Armed Services Committee does not support the Navy’s “divest to invest” strategy of ridding the fleet of aging and expensive-to-maintain ships and systems to free up money for the development of unmanned platforms and other new technology, saying the sea service needs to focus on getting ready for a near-term battle instead of looking too far out into the future.
May 10, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) has invited President Joe Biden to return to Hampton Roads.
May 10, 2021
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Navy veteran and Congresswoman Elaine Luria represents Hampton Roads and the roughly 80,273 veterans under the age of 65 who live here, the most of any congressional district. Recently, she introduced the COVENANT Act, the most comprehensive, inclusive, well-thought-out piece of legislation that would positively impact her district. I know it would help me, and the people I served alongside.
May 10, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria hosted an online forum Wednesday in which Coastal Virginia leaders voiced their appreciation and concerns regarding the American Rescue Plan that was signed into law March 12 and will provide funding to states and localities recovering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 29, 2021
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Taking action to protect the children of the nation's military men and women: Congresswoman Elaine Luria is co-sponsoring the bipartisan Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act. The measure would allow Tricare dependents to remain on their parents' policy until they're 26 without a premium increase.
April 22, 2021
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria visited the Eastern Shore last week, and her first stop was in Exmore at theGIG coworking and entrepreneurial center, where members have had reliable access to broadband internet and worked remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 12, 2021
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With a stop at BAE Systems Ship Repair’s in-house training center, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk, chatted with seven shipyard apprentices about Navy ship repair needs that she can take to her colleagues in Congress.
WAVY: Rep. Elaine Luria says defense budget needs to increase during visit at BAE Systems in Norfolk
Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-Norfolk) visited BAE Systems in Norfolk to talk about the future of shipbuilding and repair here in Hampton Roads.