Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) released the following statement after House Democrats’ discharge petition to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits reached 218 signatures.
“Enough stalling, Speaker Johnson. Let’s vote today.
A majority of the House supports extending ACA premium tax credits. There is zero excuse for… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) issued the following statement responding to the Trump administration’s new U.S. Tech Force program.
“I’m glad the Trump Administration now recognizes the need for skilled technologists in the federal government. Unfortunately, they spent the past year firing or forcing out thousands of them.
Elon Musk took a wrecking… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) issued the following statement responding to U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor’s misleading claim that nearly 97% of departing federal workers “voluntarily” left civil service rather than being coerced by the Trump administration.
“Federal workers were hit with DOGE, watched agencies shutter, were… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw, Don Beyer, Suhas Subramanyam, Bobby Scott, Jennifer McClellan, and Eugene Vindman, Members of Congress representing Virginia, issued the following statement on Section 373 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2026, which addresses “Manned Rotary Wing Aircraft Safety” in the wake of the January 29, 2025 mid-air… Read more »
Reston, Virginia – Small business owners from across Fairfax shared how recent federal tariffs and the growing affordability crisis are squeezing their businesses at a roundtable hosted by Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) at Scrawl Books in Reston.
The conversation focused on how these tariffs, higher operating costs, and rising prices for health care, groceries, housing, and… Read more »
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 »
