This was Congress's last week in session before the August recess, and we finished a day early due to House Republican Caucus dysfunction. We were supposed to consider two of the twelve pending FY2024 appropriations bills, but only one made it to the floo…

Congress was back in session for a very busy week of votes, bill introductions, press conferences, a Congressional picnic at the White House, and a Joint Session of Congress to hear from President Isaac Herzog of Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary…

After a two week recess, Congress is back in session for a three week sprint to the August recess. The main event last week was the floor vote on the 2024 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act (FY24 NDAA). THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON …

I hope you had a happy and safe Independence Day as we commemorated 247 years since the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. Congress was in recess, and I spent some much needed time with my family. While it was a relatively quiet …

After seven weeks of session, Congress was in recess, and I was back in the district this week. I hosted my first telephone town hall, opened my new office in Brunswick, and held another roundtable with local government leaders. The Supreme Court also wra…

This week, Congress was back in session for votes, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a Joint Session of Congress, the House Armed Services Committee took up the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, and House Republicans censure…

Happy Juneteenth! I hope you are enjoying this state and federal holiday, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in America. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, liberating those enslaved in the states in rebellion, word…

This week, our district was shaken by a devastating mass shooting in Richmond. In Washington, legislative business came to a halt, as extreme Republicans blocked all votes on the floor. To get real-time updates, be sure to follow me on Twitter, Instagram,…

This week was scheduled to be a District work week, but I returned to Washington to end the Republicans’ manufactured debt ceiling crisis by passing the Bipartisan Budget Act negotiated by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy.  THIS WEEK IN WASHI…