WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, c... Read More »
Northern Virginia Representatives James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), along with House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS), today opened an investigation into an August 10 encounter in Falls Church, Virgi... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement. “This week’s bombshell GAO report shows that DOGE fraudulently lied to the American people. Elon Musk promised massive savings. Instead, DOGE spent nearly $16 billion paying people not to work and fired essential federal workers the Admin... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) are demanding answers from the Department of the Interior (Department) regarding its plans to relocate federal employees. The Department has said it plans to relocate the Business Integration Office (BIO) from their current office in Reston, Virginia to the Department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. This ... Read More »
Chantilly, VA – U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) released the following statement after conducting an unannounced oversight visit yesterday evening at ICE’s temporary holding facility in Chantilly, Virginia. "We exercised our right to direct congressional oversight over ICE facilities after hearing reports of overcrowding and lengthy s... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) joined Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and colleagues in introducing the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Enduring Response and Protecting Identifiable Information (RECOVER PII) Act, legislation to provide lifetime identity protection coverage for federal employees and contracto... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), co-chairs of the Federal Workforce Caucus, led 43 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in Jackler and Jaroch v. Department of Justice. The brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reverse a Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) d... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congressman James Moylan (Guam) introduced the bipartisan Military Installation Readiness and Resilience Act of 2026 to safeguard military bases from natural hazards and ensure America’s Armed Forces remain ready to respond when called. Over the past decade, extreme weather and natural hazards caused more than $15 billion in dam... Read More »
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), who serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform and Homeland Security Committees, secured House passage of his amendment to more efficiently deploy modern cybersecurity solutions within the Department of Defense (Dod), strengthen military cyber readiness, and encourage the concept of interagency reciprocity with regard to ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Rosa DeLauro (CT-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Laura Gillen (NY-04) led the introduction of the Right to IVF Act of 2026. Introduced ahead of World IVF Day on July 25th, the sweeping legislative package that would make it easier to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (A... Read More »
Today, Representatives James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Bill Keating (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Young Kim (R-CA), Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a weekend of dangerously poor air quality across the Washington region, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), joined by Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) introduced the bipartisan Federal Facilities Indoor Air Quality Assessment Act to identify and address air quality and ventilation prob... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) introduced the Swatting Registry Best Practices Act, bipartisan legislation to help State, Tribal, territorial, and local governments reduce the risk of deadly swatting incidents through voluntary, privacy-protective tools and stronger emergency response protocols. Swatting is a serious public sa... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) introduced the Capping Appointed Positions (CAP) Act, which would place a reasonable limit on the number of political staff a president can place throughout the federal government without Senate approval. This legislation would help prevent the increasing politicization of federal agencies and provi... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) today introduced the Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act to help rebuild America’s diplomatic corps by eliminating unnecessary and unprecedented barriers for experienced Foreign Service Officers who were ... Read More »
