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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan

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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan

@RepMcClellan

Proud Mom, Democrat, and First Black Congresswoman from Virginia. Representing VA-04 in the U.S. House of Representatives. 🔺

Washington D.C.

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Joined March 2023

Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
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Today marks 59 years since Loving v. Virginia, when the SCOTUS struck down Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage as violating the 14th Amendment. As a state senator in 2020, I was proud to pass legislation finally repealing the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which included that
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
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The House was back in session this week with a lot on the agenda. Here’s what you may have missed.
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Replying to @RepMcClellan
Read more about the resolution here:
McClellan, Takano, Kaine, Baldwin Introduce Resolution to Formally Apologize to LGBTQ+ Servicemem...
From mcclellan.house.gov
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Happy #Pride! Today, I introduced a resolution with @RepMarkTakano, @SenTimKaine and @SenatorBaldwin to issue a formal apology to our LGBTQ+ servicemembers and federal employees who faced discrimination from the government they pledged to serve.
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Replying to @RepMcClellan
Watch the full remarks here:
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Everyone deserves access to the full spectrum of reproductive care options to decide on their own terms when, whether and how to become a parent and treat a wide range of health conditions. I joined @AFContraception, @BirthinColor, @PPAVirginia and advocates to share my
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
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The Trump Administration wants to conduct widespread and unchecked surveillance of the public to target its political enemies. Pulte and Speaker Mike Johnson seem all too eager to help the Administration with this effort. I refuse to grant someone like Bill Pulte the ability to
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Replying to @RepMcClellan
Moreover, President Trump’s selection of Bill Pulte as Acting DNI gives me greater pause to reauthorize Section 702 without reforms. A partisan attack dog for the President, Pulte has no national security or intelligence experience to qualify him to oversee the United States
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
Replying to @RepMcClellan
While Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been an important tool to collect, analyze and share foreign intelligence information on individual terrorists, weapons proliferators, hackers and other foreign intelligence targets, it also has been weaponized to
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 11
I cannot vote for a FISA Section 702 reauthorization bill that does not include reforms to improve accountability and balance privacy concerns with our national security priorities. Here’s why this and Trump’s pick for Acting Director of National Intelligence matter 🧵
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 10
ICYMI: In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act to accelerate contract negotiations between newly-unionized workers and management. I voted yes because once workers unionize, they shouldn’t have to wait years for a collective bargaining
Congressman Donald Norcross 🇺🇸
@DonaldNorcross
Jun 10
My Faster Labor Contracts Act has passed the House! Newly unionized workers shouldn't have to wait years for their first contract. I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for coming together to take this enormous step – now let's finish the job:
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 10
63 years ago today, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, forbidding employers from paying men and women different wages or acquiring different benefits for the same amount of work or skills. Despite these efforts, gender pay disparities persist, with women
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Jun 10
Replying to @RepMcClellan
Watch my full remarks here:
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