The Biden administration inherited an immigration system badly broken by the previous administration.
Elaine Luria
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Elaine Luria is a U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district, serving since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Luria has focused on issues such as military and veterans' affairs, healthcare, and environmental protection. Before her political career, she served as a naval officer, achieving the rank of commander in the United States Navy. Luria's military background informs her legislative priorities, particularly in supporting the military community in her district.
I mourn the tragic loss of the 13 Americans who died during the evacuation, and they put their life on the line to continue to defend our country overseas, and understand that we have enemies overseas and they’re still there and they’re…
This committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding the facts of everything that happened on January 6th and everything that led up to January 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our…
There`s been a huge sea change. After this happened, everyone, including Leader McCarthy, understood the gravity of it, understood the violence that happened. And since then, they have just forgotten. And this truly discredits the pain…
We didn`t come here to be violent. Of course, they were violent. But he said: We didn`t come here to be violent. We just came here to overthrow the government.
We'll be attacked by cowards--by those in the arena, those only in the stands
I don't want to say to my daughter... that this happened gradually and then suddenly
It's disgraceful that members of our Government, I believe, were responsible for inciting that behavior
This type of comment lacks any historical perspective, it lacks respect for the devastation of the Holocaust and the Jewish people and it is truly unconscionable.
It's shocking, but truly not surprising to see that she is back again, using these references.
I think it’s still very real, very alive, very tangible for the people who were there, for the Capitol Police officers.
I am confident that there are people we can do that in good faith with. I'm very confident in the eight members, including a republican Liz Cheney, who’s part of the committee with us now.
There's so much more to know about what happened on January 6, and this is just incredibly important work that we must do to ensure that something like this can never happen again, and to protect our democracy and our government and our…
I want to commend FEMA for its efforts in establishing community vaccination centers across the country...
I feel like the combatant commanders... their message is very different than what we're getting in a message in this budget.
I think when you have a Battle Force 2025, because of this immediate concern, threat deterrent that we need in the Pacific.
I think that we can all agree that ransomware attacks are a National security crisis.
I think that the--what I would consider a modest current investment in modernizing the cruisers to operate for several more years with their sizable capability is something that we should maintain.
I would look forward to knowing that and having further conversations about this balance.
But fundamentally it is the conversation that we had both in this budget cycle and will continue to have, which is we have to prioritize within affordable levels how to create not only current readiness but future overmatch.
This is not yours or Admiral Gilday's fault because, honestly, you have been handed a bag of you-know-what from your predecessors going back 20 years.
I am very disappointed by the Navy budget submission, and I assume you are too.





