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Sterling, VA – Rep. Barbara Comstock (VA-10) today announced that the deadline for students interested in applying for a nomination by the 10th District Service Academy Advisory Board to one of the nation’s military academies for the Class of 2023 is 5 p.m. on Friday, September 28th in her Sterling district office:
Since August 30th when the Administration announced a proposed pay freeze for civilian federal employees in 2019, I have worked to reverse that course of action and I wanted to update you on our results.
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement after she was named a “Hero of Main Street” by the National Retail Federation for consistently supporting public policy priorities important to the retail industry and its millions of employees and small businesses:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock announced the introduction of new legislation to create a nationwide Prescription Safety Alert System, which will give America’s pharmacists a new tool to protect patients from opioid overuse.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement regarding the possible elimination of the federal employee pay raise:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) today announced that her office is accepting applications for the 2018 Congressional App Challenge. The Congressional App Challenge is a competition for high school students that provides them the opportunity to join with their peers to create their own apps and learn how to code.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement after she sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long regarding FEMA’s former Director of Human Resources Corey Coleman who has been accused of sexually harassing female subordinates. FEMA has a regional location in Winchester, Virginia.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement about the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department receiving an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) award of $429,705 from FEMA. Congresswoman Comstock’s legislation that authorized the AFG grant program for 7 years, H.R. 4661, passed the House and was signed into law in January.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement after she voted for and the House passed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act, national defense legislation that rebuilds our military:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) today introduced a bill to make it a crime for federal law enforcement officers to claim consent if they are found to have had a sexual encounter with anyone in their custody.
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Members of the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm have only four months before they must vacate the 77-acre site in McLean, but they’re hoping Congress can step in with a solution. The friends group is pinning its hopes on a bill submitted by U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) and co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Del.
U.S. Representative Barbara Comstock (R-10th) is addressing allegations of a Federal Emergency Management Agency official sexually harassing his subordinates.
You may read the full story at Inside NOVA here.
Federal agencies could save more on recruitment and retention costs — if they had a paid parental leave program for their employees. That’s the message Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) is taking to her colleagues in the House this year, as she tries — again — to push for a paid parental leave program for federal employees.
BERRYVILLE,Va. - While many will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on Veterans Day, Berryville is mixing it up by celebrating in July and declaring July 14th Captain Lloyd Williams day.
You may read the full story at Local DVM here.
You may be surprised to learn who Gen. George Washington (a Virginian) invited to march alongside him at the Victory Parade in Philadelphia on July 4, 1783. It was Revolutionary War hero General Bernardo de Galvez. He was Spain’s colonial governor of Cuba and the Louisiana territory (comprising 13 current U.S.
Last December, Nancy Pelosi declared that The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would be “Armageddon” — the end of the world. She said, in all seriousness, that the act was “the worst bill in the history of the United States of America.”
In today’s Federal Newscast, Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) has introduced a bill to provide for a paid parental leave program for federal employees.
You may read the full story here.
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 12 approved bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) that would target federal funds toward evidence-based prevention programs and activities for opioid use and mental health disorders.
It’s time to promptly resolve sexual harassment issues affecting flight attendants and passengers, U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) told 30 airline executives recently.
You may read the full article here.
Lawmakers hailed a new partnership that will leverage the Department of Energy’s (DoE) high-performance computing and machine learning capabilities to help analyze the health records of more than 20 million veterans maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
