Moar on Rep. Luria:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/three-reps-elect-from-virginia-and-maryland-visit-israel-before-swearing-in/2018/12/14/71127076-ffbf-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?utm_term=.051c233db704
Three Reps.-elect from Virginia and Maryland visit Israel before swearing in
December 14, 2018
Between hiring staff and setting up district offices, three freshman lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia made time for another political rite of passage: a trip to Israel.
Reps.-elect Elaine Luria (D-Va.), David Trone (D-Md.) and Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) were returning Friday from a five-day crash course in U.S.-Israel relations sponsored by the American Israel Education Fund, the charitable arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/us/politics/scientists-congress.html
In several of the districts that flipped, science was at the very center of the campaign. 314 Action spent $500,000 on advertising in Mr. Cunningham’s race, hammering the offshore drilling issue, and it was largely based on that issue that Mr. Cunningham received endorsements from several local Republican officials. The same issue resonated in coastal Virginia, where Ms. Luria said she “did not meet a single person on the campaign trail, regardless of political affiliation, who wants offshore drilling off of our coast.”
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(Joe Trippi; 314 Action political advisor)
314 Action was founded by members of the STEM community, grassroots supporters and political activists who believe in science. We are committed to electing more STEM candidates to office, advocating for evidence-based policy solutions to issues like climate change, and fighting the Trump administration's attacks on science.
https://www.dailypress.com/news/virginia/dp-nws-elaine-luria-swearing-in-116th-congress-20181228-story.html
Issues like offshore drilling and seismic testing — both of which Luria opposes — are why she said she wants to get assigned to the special committee on climate change.>>4803667