Back home in her district, Elaine Luria briefed on Navy ship repair, Eastern Shore issues
With a stop at BAE Systems Ship Repair’s in-house training center, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk, chatted with 7 shipyard apprentices about Navy ship repair needs that she can take back to her colleagues in Congress. Nearing the end of the House of Representative’s two-week district work break, Luria followed up a series of meetings on […]
Suez canal blockage shows need for Navy focus on maritime chokepoints, Elaine Luria says
As Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk, watched the struggle to refloat a giant container ship in the Suez canal — a waterway she transited a half-dozen times in her Navy career — she kept thinking about the cold of the Arctic and the coral lagoons of the South China Sea. Both have the potential to be […]
Luria: COVID relief bill will make a difference in Virginia
The pandemic has taken a physical, mental and financial toll on us all but, with the passage of the American Rescue Plan, there are hopeful signs of light at the end of the tunnel. The $1.9 trillion recovery package will save lives, get our kids back in school safely and provide meaningful relief to those […]
Hampton Roads gets a bigger voice on a key defense panel
Two Congressional neighbors from Hampton Roads — Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk, and Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland — are taking on new leadership roles in a key defense policy panel. Luria was elected vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee this week, while Wittman is stepping up to serve as the Republicans’ No. 2 on […]
Lawmakers answer questions from businesses | Chamber notes
“We are blessed in Virginia to have a delegation that works together for Virginia. Political differences are second to our focus of serving the people and the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Congresswoman Elaine Luria said. On Nov. 23, the Hampton Roads Chamber hosted the Congressional Forum, a virtual event designed to allow Hampton Roads congressional representatives […]
Virginia Beach Rep. Elaine Luria has pointed exchange with Navy brass over slow carrier maintenance
“As Rep. Elaine Luria sees it, this week’s decision to extend the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln speaks to a more serious problem with the aircraft carrier fleet, and the evidence is front and center in Hampton Roads.” … “But at the moment, not one of the Navy’s six East Coast carriers — either […]
“Our doors are open.” Elaine Luria holds first town hall before 250 in Virginia Beach
It was indeed — just as Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk, summed it up — an unusual town hall for a member of Congress to stage. The 2nd Congressional District’s new voice in D.C. didn’t hog the stage during her first public forum, held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Virginia Beach. She brought the Beach’s voter […]
