Kiggans recognized as a 2024 Hero of Main Street
The National Retail Federation has recognized Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) as a 2024 “Hero of Main Street” for her work in the U.S. House of Representatives to support local retailers and help small businesses create jobs in their communities. The retail industry is the largest private-sector employer in the United States, directly supporting more than […]
Water tower receives federal funding
Isle of Wight County received a ceremonial check for $1.2 million on Aug. 12 for a water tower to be erected adjacent to Riverside Smithfield Hospital. The federal funding is earmarked in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 9. The original version of the bill passed the House […]
Kiggans secures $500K for Chesapeake Police Marine Patrol Unit
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Rep. Jen Kiggans recently visited with the Chesapeake Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit. Kiggans secured $500,000 in government funding to help the unit increase community safety. The funding will go towards the purchase of a new state-of-the-art patrol vessel. The boat will be used to escort vessels through the Port of […]
Congresswoman Kiggans visits Shore to see how secured funding will be used
Congresswoman Kiggans visited the Eastern Shore to see firsthand how the $1.5 million she secured in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bills will be used to support the local community. Specifically, she visited the Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Onancock and the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority in Exmore, where the federal dollars […]
Suffolk awarded $1M in funding for water treatment facility
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Suffolk has been awarded $1 million in funding for the G. Robert House Water Treatment Facility Membrane Replacement project. Electrodialysis Reversal, or EDR, is a drinking water treatment process that “applies electrical current to electrodes allowing the membranes to reduce naturally occurring high levels of fluoride in drinking water.” Congresswoman Jen […]
Port of Virginia cuts ribbon on $83 million rail yard expansion
NORFOLK, Va. — Trucks and trains carrying cargo to and from the Port of Virginia are a headache for many in Hampton Roads. But now, the port is preparing to handle even more cargo. This preparation comes in the form of an expansion of the port’s central rail yard. Virginia Congresswoman Jen Kiggans was one […]
KIGGANS TO VISIT SHORE TODAY
Congresswoman Jen Kiggans will preent checks to two local entities Today. Earlier this year, Congresswoman Kiggans secured $1,250,000 in federal funding for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s (HRSD) Onancock treatment facility in the FY24 Appropriations bill. The funding will go towards plant renovation in Chincoteague. Additionally, she secured $286,000 in federal funding for the Eastern […]
New leadership starts at Hampton VA Medical Center
HAMPTON, Va. – — New leadership is starting Monday at the Hampton Veteran’s Administration Medical Center following a massive shakeup after years of complaints about patient care. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia) has been working to improve care as chair of the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee in the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. “I think changing the leadership […]
Lawmakers demand administration respond to Iranian influence in Gaza protests
A bipartisan group of 22 House members on Thursday demanded further action from the administration in response to a recent intelligence report that the Iranian government had covertly provided funding to some protests in the U.S. related to the war in Gaza. The letter was signed by Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), […]
KIGGANS VOTES TO ESTABLISH BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSINATION
WASHINGTON, DC: Yesterday, Congresswoman Kiggans voted in favor of H.Res. 1367 to establish a bipartisan task force in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The legislation passed the House by a unanimous vote of 416-0. Click here to read the full article.