Wexton (D-Va.), hoped to continue serving in Congress and fight what doctors thought was Parkinson’s disease. She will no longer seek reelection in 2024.
“Watching her over the last year and seeing her slowing, I think about that Wonder Woman picture and that really fun event … and it just makes me sad,” he said in an interview.Yet running for Congress was never part of her plan.
In Congress, where Wexton serves on the Appropriations Committee, she has focused on supporting victims of abuse and domestic violence, research for childhood cancer, and China’s human rights violations. She said she is most proud of laws she helped pass in Richmond to help victims of revenge porn file lawsuits, regulate day-care centers and secure a woman’s right to breastfeed in public.outside her Capitol Hill office, in honor of her niece. Last week she asked Spanberger and freshman Rep.
Wexton and McClellan called each other the “Jennifer caucus” in Richmond and consider each other their first touchpoints when considering higher office or coping with scandal — like when racist photos were discovered on former Virginia governorThe three women have a group chat, and on fly-in days when lawmakers arrive from around the country a tradition of sneaking selfies on the House floor, usually a no-no.
For now, Wexton said she is trying to eat well and get as much sleep as possible. An accomplished cook, she makes pesto from the basil thriving on her back porch, which
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