Washington, D.C. – Rep. James Walkinshaw, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Don Beyer, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam today issued the following statement after the Arlington County Police Department opened a formal investigation into the August 11 encounter with ICE agents that resulted in José Mejía Hernandez’ hospitalization and brain injury:
“We strongly support the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), the only Democrat serving on both the House Homeland Security and Oversight and Government Reform Committees and Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement.
“The numbers from a new Government Accountability Office report are in, and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after billionaire Leon Black, the primary client of Jeffrey Epstein, defied his subpoena and refused to appear for a deposition before the Oversight Committee.
“Billionaire Leon Black refused to testify today, defying two… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement.
“The United States Postal Service appears to have defied a court order and moved forward with a 'slapdash' implementation of Trump’s Executive Order.
Postmaster General David Steiner has made a grave mistake in allowing… Read more »
In an op-ed published by MSNOW on August 31, 2026, Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) underscores that Trump is closing legal immigration pathways while scaling mass deportation efforts.
Read the op-ed below or online at MSNOW.
“How many more dads have to die?”
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son asked me that question shortly after his 52-year-old father was fatally shot last… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella demanding answers after ICE awarded a $16.7 million sole-source… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), co-chair and founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, released the following statement on President Trump's proposal to freeze federal employee pay in 2027.
“Freezing federal employee pay in 2027 would be the latest in a long line of attacks on the federal workforce by the Trump administration.
Federal workers have already… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) led 134 of their colleagues in calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell… Read more »
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… 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… Read more »
