119th Congress
Kerry Lutz, recovering attorney; veteran financial broadcaster; author, America’s Great Parking Scam: You’ve Been Robbed.
Congressman John McGuire (VA-05): Washington Update.
J. Dirk Nies, Ph.D.; scientist; author; and executive director, Floriescence Institute: The Maple Syrup Mystery and The Nies Formulation Update.
WASHINGTON, Va. (WSET) — Republican Congressman John McGuire has introduced legislation he said would protect female athletes if transgender athletes compete in women’s sports and "cause harm or lost opportunities."
McGuire is calling the proposal the 'Riley Gaines Act,' named after former National Collegiate Athletic Association swimmer Riley Gaines, who has been outspoken against transgender participation in women’s sports.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) voted for the passage of the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill in the House of Representatives. The vote is the second of its kind after Democrats previously failed to fund the DHS in protest to ICE, which was already funded in the Working Families Tax Cut Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) voted against the War Powers Resolution that would restrict President Trump's ability to protect the United States and the world from the terrorist regime leading Iran. As Commander-in-Chief, President Trump's actions against Iran are well within his authority under Article II of the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative John McGuire's (VA-05) Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act passed in the House of Representatives, resolving a 25-year problem five other lawmakers had worked on in the past. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on a specified section of NPS land, allowing the town of Wintergreen to construct an additional exit route to use in case of an emergency.
RICHMOND, Va. — Two Virginia lawmakers offered sharply different assessments of overnight U.S. strikes on Iran, with one calling the action necessary to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and the other questioning whether the president had the authority — or a clear enough goal — to launch what he called "a war of choice."
(WSET) — Virginia lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump's announcement on the U.S. military's "major combat operations" in Iran on Saturday.
You can read their statements below.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia’s Fifth District Representative John McGuire said Saturday, February 28, he applauds U.S. military action against Iran, adding that he believes the administration went through the proper channels to authorize the operation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the United States strikes on Iran, Representative John McGuire (VA-05) is applauding President Trump for his decisive action in confronting the threat that Iran poses to the U.S. and our allies.