WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) introduced the Veteran Technology Employment Success Act to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program, which helps veterans and transitioning service members gain skills for high-demand technology careers and move into good-paying civilian jobs. “Vete... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) announced today that he will host Jess Michaels, a survivor of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein and a survivor advocate, as his guest for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. “For far too long, truth has been buried, survivors have been silenced, and powerful people have been protected. And I... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va) led a 21-member letter to Peace Corps Acting Director Richard Swarttz requesting detailed information about the agency’s ongoing plans to reduce staff and reorganize its structure. The lawmakers warned that pairing an “ambitious plan to increase the number of volunteers to 8,000 per year by 2030” wi... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-Va), U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and 8 additional members of Congress who represent Maryland and Virginia wrote to DC Water CEO and General Manager David Gadis, expressing serious concern over the public health and environmental impacts of the disastrous sewage spill into the Potomac River following the collapse of a major s... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Rep. James Walkinshaw joined Democratic Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, urging the Court to reaffirm that the Constitution gives Congress—not the Executive Branch—the authority to write and revise the Nation’s asylum laws. The brief challenges the Trump Administration’s “metering” policy, which blocks people at official ports... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with a 4.1 percent pay increase in calendar year 2027. For more than a decade, federal employees have endured government shutdowns, pay freezes, hiring freezes, and lost pay as a re... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Friday, U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a letter to Vice President JD Vance ahead of his upcoming trip to Azerbaijan. In the letter, the members urged Vice President Vance ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), along with Representative Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), and over 55 colleagues in pressing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on children’s exposure to ICE’s escalating violence in American communities, which threatens ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously passed an amendment offered by Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) to strengthen accountability and oversight of the Technology Modernization Fund. The amendment was adopted as part of the Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation led by Representatives Nancy Mace and Shontel B... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (D-Va.), Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced the launch of the Federal Workforce Caucus. The members are launching this Caucus to bolster efforts to protect federal workers and strengthen our merit-based federal civil service so these dedicated public servants can continue to deliver for the Americ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) joined the Congressional Tri-Caucus, composed of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), condemned the escalating abuse of power evidenced in the actions of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration enforcement agencies and called on Pre... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lou Correa (D-Calif.), and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), led colleagues in pressing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to expedite its investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agen... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and James Walkinshaw (VA-11) led their Virginia House Democratic colleagues, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Don Beyer (VA-08), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director T... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Reps. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Don Beyer (VA-08), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), and Eugene Vindman (VA-07) introduced legislation to pay all federal employees, as well as service members and federal contractors, during any shutdowns in FY2026. With Republicans continuing to threaten sh... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called on Donald Trump—who has repeatedly failed to deliver on his promise to provide free IVF for all Americans—to prove his self-proclaimed support for IVF by expanding coverage for the millions of hardworking Americans in our federal workforce. In their letter, the lawmakers called on the Of... Read More »
