Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
@RepMcClellan
Proud Mom, Democrat, and First Black Congresswoman from Virginia. Representing VA-04 in the U.S. House of Representatives. 🔺
Founded in 1972 through a combination of land donations, the James River Park System has 300+ acres of land with trails and water access. It includes Manchester Dock, which was once a port in the slave trade that made Richmond the largest source of enslaved Africans on the east…

The Big Ugly Bill, now signed into law, will deal a significant blow to Virginia’s rural health care system and hospitals. In some cases, it may outright kill them. When I helped expand Medicaid in Virginia five years ago, one of the reasons that several Republican lawmakers got…

This week, I opposed Congressional Republicans’ efforts to rubber stamp Trump’s extreme agenda and focused on solving problems facing our communities. Keep watching to see what you may have missed this week.
To commemorate Parks and Recreation Month and how we #BuildTogetherPlayTogether, today I highlight Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County, the largest state park in Virginia. Established in 1946 with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps, it hosts a museum dedicated…

This outrageous disclosure of the Social Security numbers, names, addresses, birth dates, ethnic and racial information of 79 million Medicaid recipients violates the trust between the people and their government in a way that would horrify the Founding Fathers.
BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreement obtained by the AP. apnews.com/article/immigr…