Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) issued the following statement after public reports show that preventable child deaths will rise for the first time this century, with 200,000 more children expected to die this year:
“This is what happens when a president dismantles America’s leadership in providing and implementing foreign assistance to advance his own fraught… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced bicameral legislation to rename a United States Postal Service facility in Fairfax, Virginia in honor of the late Congressman Gerald E. “Gerry” Connolly, whose decades of service and leadership transformed Northern Virginia and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) called on Congressman Tim Walberg, Chair of the House Education & Workforce Committee, to take a comprehensive and consistent approach to rising antisemitism, warning that the Chairman’s new investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and two other districts ignores similar or more… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, led 28 of their colleagues in a letter condemning a U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) policy that was set to take effect on December 15,… Read more »
Representative James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) released the following statement ahead of the House vote to force Trump’s Department of Justice to release the Epstein Files.
“I will proudly vote YES to release the Epstein Files.
From the start, Donald Trump’s behavior around these documents has been strange, frantic, and deeply troubling. This White House cover-up has been directed from the… Read more »
Last night, House Republicans blocked a vote on Congressman James R. Walkinshaw’s amendment aimed at defunding DOGE, the chaotic and reckless program that has disrupted federal agencies across the government.
“Republicans had the opportunity to rein in Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s disastrous DOGE program, which has brought complete chaos to the federal government,” said Congressman… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), released the following statement on the Senate Republican plan to pass a Continuing Resolution.
“Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have made one thing abundantly clear during this Republican shutdown: they will go to any length to take health care away from hardworking Americans.
For 41 days, they’ve refused to work with… Read more »
Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs and the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Korea, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Senator Tim Kaine(D-VA), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) sent a letter to urge the U.S.… Read more »
On Day 38 of the federal government shutdown, Reps. James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) introduced legislation to shield federal workers and service members from bank fees during a government shutdown. The Protect Military and Federal Employees from Unfair Bank Fees Actwould prevent banks from charging late or overdraft fees on any federal worker’s or… Read more »
