Press Releases
February 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria met with Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) Coalition founding member Ava Gabrielle-Wise to discuss the organization’s goals and the importance of regional commissions.
February 17, 2021
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In letter to House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Luria advocates for the “untapped potential” of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC)
Yesterday, Congresswoman Elaine Luria called on the House Agriculture Committee to hold a hearing to improve rural development by examining the benefit of regional commissions.
February 16, 2021
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Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria announced her full slate of committee and subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.
February 12, 2021
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria highlighted the importance of Black History Month in her reading of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race to Tallwood Elementary School students.
February 11, 2021
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Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria was selected to chair the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) in the 117th Congress. This will be Congresswoman Luria’s second term as DAMA chair.
February 10, 2021
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This week, Congresswoman Elaine Luria joined Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine in sending a letter urging the Department of the Interior to use Great American Outdoors Act funding to repair Colonial Parkway in the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget request.
February 8, 2021
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Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria and her colleagues on the bipartisan House Rural Broadband Caucus wrote a letter to the Biden Administration urging the President to include investments for rural broadband in his infrastructure proposal for Congress.
February 6, 2021
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Yesterday, Congresswoman Elaine Luria voted for the National Apprenticeship Act (H.R. 447), which would create nearly one million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship positions over the next five years.
February 5, 2021
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Rep. Luria joins colleagues in “Examining the Domestic Terrorism Threat in the Wake of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol”
Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria participated in the House Committee on Homeland Security’s hearing examining the ongoing domestic terrorism threat in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The hearing focused on assessing the threat of domestic terrorism attacks as well as the circumstances that led to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
February 4, 2021
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Today, Congresswoman Elaine Luria joined Representatives Michael Waltz (R-FL-06), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06), and Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01) in reintroducing legislation to leverage research of the U.S. and Israel to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to better serve veterans.