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In February 2019, Luria introduced the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019, which increased the [[cost of living]] adjustments (COLAs) made to veterans.<ref name="COLALaw">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1200 |title=Summary: H.R.1200 - Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019
In February 2019, Luria introduced the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019, which increased the [[cost of living]] adjustments (COLAs) made to veterans.<ref name="COLALaw">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1200 |title=Summary: H.R.1200 - Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019
|date=February 13, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> It earned bipartisan support and passed in September 2019.<ref name="COLA">{{cite news|url=https://wtkr.com/2019/10/01/rep-lurias-bipartisan-bill-becomes-law-after-being-signed-by-president-trump/ |title=Rep. Luria’s bipartisan bill becomes law after being signed by President Trump |date=October 1, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |first=Nick |last=Boykin |work=WTKR}}</ref>
|date=February 13, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> It earned bipartisan support and passed in September 2019.<ref name="COLA">{{cite news|url=https://wtkr.com/2019/10/01/rep-lurias-bipartisan-bill-becomes-law-after-being-signed-by-president-trump/ |title=Rep. Luria’s bipartisan bill becomes law after being signed by President Trump |date=October 1, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |first=Nick |last=Boykin |work=WTKR}}</ref>

=====Immigration=====
In October 2019, Luria co-sponsored the NO BAN Act,<ref name="NOBANsign">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2214/cosponsors |title=Cosponsors: H.R.2214 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)|date=October 17, 2020 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> introduced by progressive Democrat [[Judy Chu]] ([[California's 27th congressional district|CA–27th]]), which seeks to limit the president's authority to control external migration.<ref name="NOBAN">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2214 |title=Summary: H.R.2214 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)|date=April 10, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> The president currently has unilateral authority to limit external travel—specifically, [[Executive (government)|executive]] control pertains to [[Alien (law)|Alien]]s—not American [[citizenship of the United States|citizens]] or [[National of the United States|nationals]]—entering the United States; Chu's proposed legislation would allow Congress to decide whether the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] (DOS) and [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), under the president's superintendence, meet the proposed NO BAN Act's established rationale for border closure.<ref name="NOBAN"/> It mandates that border closures—initiated through the president's direction under the DOS and DHS operational structure—must adhere to more liberalized standards: "Only issue a restriction when required to address a compelling government interest, and narrowly tailor the suspension to use the least restrictive means to achieve such an interest."<ref name="NOBAN"/> The NO BAN Act stipulates that Congress must concur with the [[Federal government of the United States|administration]]'s rationale, or the established restriction becomes void.<ref name="NOBAN"/> The administration must report to Congress about the imposed restriction within 48 hours of its imposition under the proposed statute.<ref name="NOBAN"/> It also provides judicial recourse for "individuals or entities"—primarily, aimed at Aliens as well as aligned advocacy groups present in the United States—to sue for damages imposed by the administration's travel restrictions.<ref name="NOBAN"/> According to an [[editorial]] in the ''[[Washington Examiner]]'', Democrats continued their push for more liberalized immigration laws while the administration was imposing travel restrictions—on China and Europe—during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]] to stem its spread into the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/1/editorial-coronavirus-goes-does-partisan-squabblin/ |newspaper=Washington Examiner |title=EDITORIAL: The coronavirus goes on, as does partisan squabbling |date=April 1, 2020|accessdate=April 13, 2020}}</ref> In March 2020, progressive Democrat [[Jared Huffman]] ([[California's 2nd congressional district|CA–2nd]]), a co-sponsor and leading proponent of the NO BAN Act, was focused on passing it to circumvent Donald Trump's [[Executive Order 13780]], which limits external migration from 13 countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/04/09/congress-freethought-caucus-science/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=During coronavirus crisis, Congress’s first caucus for nonreligious belief seeks a larger role in promoting science |quote=Huffman said one of his main goals for the caucus was getting behind the No Ban Act, a bill that would put an end to President Trump’s travel ban (the one that started at the beginning of his presidency, not the new coronavirus-inspired bans).|first=Julie |last=Zauzmer |date=April 9, 2020|accessdate=April 13, 2020 }}</ref> Later in March 2020, Democrats chose to delay a vote on the NO BAN Act with Republicans stating the proposed legislation would hamper the president’s ability to mitigate external threats like coronavirus spread.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-pulls-bill-that-would-rescind-travel-ban-amid-coronavirus-outbreak |newspaper=Fox News |title=House pulls bill that would rescind prior Trump travel ban amid coronavirus outbreak|first1=Brie |last1=Stimson |first2=Marisa |last2=Schultz |date=March 12, 2020|accessdate=April 13, 2020 }}</ref>


====Impeachment====
====Impeachment====
In September 2019, Luria labeled herself a "security Democrat"—an idiom for [[List of freshman class members of the 116th United States Congress|freshman]] Democrats with [[national security]] experience<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-the-security-democrats-flipped-on-impeachment |title=How the Security Democrats Came Around to Impeachment |first=Benjamin |last=Wallace-Wells |date=September 28, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>—and called for an [[Efforts to impeach Donald Trump|impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump]] in an [[op-ed]] published by ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/24/seven-freshman-democrats-these-allegations-are-threat-all-we-have-sworn-protect/ |title=Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect |first1=Jason |last1=Crow |first2=Gil |last2=Cisneros |first3=Chrissy |last3=Houlahan |first4=Elaine |last4=Luria |first5=Sherrill |last5=Mikie |first6=Elissa |last6=Slotkin |first7=Abigail |last7=Spanberger |date=September 23, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In an October 2019 [[town hall meeting]] held in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]], Luria stated that Donald Trump had: "Enlist[ed] the help of a foreign leader to influence and malign a potential political opponent to affect the outcome of our next election all under [the] guise of trying to fight corruption."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/the-story-of-a-virginia-swing-district-town-hall-from-cheers-to-jeers/2019/10/04/3d5441e6-e485-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html |title=The story of a Virginia swing district town hall: From cheers to jeers |first=Jenna |last=Portnoy |date=October 4, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Later in October 2019, Luria formally [[Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump|voted for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump]],<ref name="Impeachmentmidvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/660 |title=Summary: H.Res.660 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=October 29, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> and she joined all but three Democrats in the House of Representatives to [[Impeachment trial of Donald Trump|vote for impeachment]] on both counts: [[abuse of power]] and [[obstruction of Congress]] in December 2019;<ref name="Impeachmentfinalvote"/> all Republicans voted no to both charges in the House of Representatives.<ref name="Impeachmentfinalvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/755 |title=Summary: H.Res.755 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=December 10, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> Luria had previously voted to table the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in July 2019.<ref name="Impeachmentfirstvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/498 |title=Summary: H.Res.498 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=July 17, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref>
In September 2019, Luria labeled herself a "security Democrat"—an idiom for [[List of freshman class members of the 116th United States Congress|freshman]] Democrats with [[national security]] experience<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-the-security-democrats-flipped-on-impeachment |title=How the Security Democrats Came Around to Impeachment |first=Benjamin |last=Wallace-Wells |date=September 28, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>—and called for an [[Efforts to impeach Donald Trump|impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump]] in an [[op-ed]] published by ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/24/seven-freshman-democrats-these-allegations-are-threat-all-we-have-sworn-protect/ |title=Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect |first1=Jason |last1=Crow |first2=Gil |last2=Cisneros |first3=Chrissy |last3=Houlahan |first4=Elaine |last4=Luria |first5=Sherrill |last5=Mikie |first6=Elissa |last6=Slotkin |first7=Abigail |last7=Spanberger |date=September 23, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In an October 2019 [[town hall meeting]] held in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]], Luria stated that Donald Trump had: "Enlist[ed] the help of a foreign leader to influence and malign a potential political opponent to affect the outcome of our next election all under [the] guise of trying to fight corruption."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/the-story-of-a-virginia-swing-district-town-hall-from-cheers-to-jeers/2019/10/04/3d5441e6-e485-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html |title=The story of a Virginia swing district town hall: From cheers to jeers |first=Jenna |last=Portnoy |date=October 4, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Later in October 2019, Luria formally [[Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump|voted for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump]],<ref name="Impeachmentmidvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/660 |title=Summary: H.Res.660 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=October 29, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> and she joined all but three Democrats in the House of Representatives to [[Impeachment trial of Donald Trump|vote for impeachment]] on both counts: [[abuse of power]] and [[obstruction of Congress]] in December 2019;<ref name="Impeachmentfinalvote"/> all Republicans voted no to both charges in the House of Representatives.<ref name="Impeachmentfinalvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/755 |title=Summary: H.Res.755 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=December 10, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref> Luria had previously voted to table the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in July 2019.<ref name="Impeachmentfirstvote">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/498 |title=Summary: H.Res.498 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=July 17, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |work=United States Congress}}</ref>


====Environment====
====Environmental policy====
Luria accepts the [[scientific consensus on climate change]].<ref name="Envir"/> She is concerned about the [[physical impacts of climate change]] on global instability and military readiness.<ref name="Envir"/> Luria also believes [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Donald Trump's administration]] is attempting to discredit military and scientific experts on the physical impacts of climate change, which she views as an aspersion to the national security and scientific apparatuses.<ref name="Envir">{{cite news |title=Citing Threats to National Security, Representative Elaine Luria, Va.-2, Takes Climate Change Head On |date=May 3, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |first=Dan |last=McCue |work=The WELL|url=https://www.thewellnews.com/citing-threats-to-national-security-representative-elaine-luria-va-2-takes-climate-change-head-on/}}</ref>
Luria accepts the [[scientific consensus on climate change]].<ref name="Envir"/> She is concerned about the [[physical impacts of climate change]] on global instability and military readiness.<ref name="Envir"/> Luria also believes [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Donald Trump's administration]] is attempting to discredit military and scientific experts on the physical impacts of climate change, which she views as an aspersion to the national security and scientific apparatuses.<ref name="Envir">{{cite news |title=Citing Threats to National Security, Representative Elaine Luria, Va.-2, Takes Climate Change Head On |date=May 3, 2019 |accessdate=April 13, 2020 |first=Dan |last=McCue |work=The WELL|url=https://www.thewellnews.com/citing-threats-to-national-security-representative-elaine-luria-va-2-takes-climate-change-head-on/}}</ref>


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Elaine Luria
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byScott Taylor
Personal details
Born
Elaine Goodman Luria

(1975-08-15) August 15, 1975 (age 49)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRobert Blondin
Children3
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
Old Dominion University (MS)
WebsiteHouse website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1997–2017
Rank Commander

Elaine Goodman Luria (born August 15, 1975) is an American Democratic politician and Navy veteran from the Commonwealth of Virginia who has served as the Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. Luria's congressional district serves most of the heart of Hampton Roads, including all of Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and Poquoson and portions of Norfolk and Hampton. Before running for Congress, she served as a Navy officer for 20 years. Luria rose to the rank of commander and spent the majority of her career deployed on navy ships. Luria defeated Republican incumbent Scott Taylor in 2018, and she is running for a second term in 2020.

Early life and education

Luria was born on August 15, 1975 in Birmingham, Alabama.[1][2] Her mother Michelle's family immigrated to Jasper, Alabama, in 1906.[3][4] The family sold goods to coal miners in Walker County, Alabama.[3] In the early-1900s, Luria's great-grandfather helped spawn a Reform Jewish congregation in Jasper, and her immediate family joined the Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham.[3] Luria's mother and grandmother were active in the National Council of Jewish Women (of which her mother was President), Hadassah, the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood, and the Birmingham Jewish Federation.[3] Both of her grandfathers served in the Navy.[4]

Luria graduated from Indian Springs School in 1993.[5] She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) with a double major in physics and history, and a minor in French.[4] In 2000, Luria attended the United States Naval Nuclear Power School.[6] While serving in the Navy and stationed aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge, she earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in engineering management from Old Dominion University in 2004.[7]

Military service

Luria served as a Navy officer for 20 years, operating nuclear reactors as an engineer, where she rose to the rank of commander.[8] Luria was the first female American sailor to spend her entire career on combat ships.[9]

She served first aboard USS O'Brien, a forward deployed destroyer that was sent to the Middle East.[4] Luria was in charge of Tomahawk strike missiles, and managed a division of 15 people.[4] She then became Reactor Controls Division Officer on USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier, which also deployed to the Middle East.[4] Luria became Flag Aide to the commander of the United States Seventh Fleet once she made lieutenant.[4] She was deployed on destroyer USS Mason and nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise before serving as an executive officer on the guided missile cruiser USS Anzio.[4] She became maintenance coordinator for the United States Atlantic Fleet, overseeing USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.[4] She then commanded Assault Craft Unit TWO, a combat-ready unit of 400 sailors, from 2014 until her retirement in 2017.[10][11] She held a Passover seder on an aircraft carrier shortly after 9/11.[12]

Luria's service was the longest active-duty tenure of any current member of the House Democratic Caucus.[13]

United States House of Representatives

Congressional district

Virginia's 2nd congressional district is centered on Hampton Roads.[14] It includes all of Poquoson, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg cities and York County in Hampton Roads; parts of Norfolk and Hampton cities and James City County in Hampton Roads; and all of Accomack and Northampton counties on the Eastern Shore.[15]

Elections

2018 elections

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia § District 2

In the 2018 elections, Luria ran for the United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 2nd congressional district.[16] In the Democratic primary on June 10, Luria garnered 62% of the vote, defeating Karen Mallard, who received 38%.[17]

In the November 6, 2018 election, she defeated Republican incumbent Scott Taylor, winning 51% of the vote to Taylor's 49%.[18] Luria carried six of the district's nine county-level jurisdictions, including all but one of the district's five independent cities. She also carried Taylor's hometown of Virginia Beach.[19]

2020 elections

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia § District 2

Luria is running for re-election in the 2020 elections.[20]

Tenure

Luria was sworn in on January 3, 2019.[21] She was one of 102 female members elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018, a record number.[21] Luria is a moderate Democrat.[22]

According to FiveThirtyEight's congressional vote tracker, Luria has voted with Donald Trump 9.9% of the time.[23]

Domestic policy

While the federal government was in a partial shutdown, Luria asked for her salary to be withheld until federal workers were paid in January 2019.[21] She participated in a bipartisan group of Representatives seeking to broker a compromise to end the shutdown.[24][25]

Luria favors instituting red flag laws and universal background checks on all gun purchases.[26]

Luria supports expanding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).[27]

In February 2019, Luria introduced the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019, which increased the cost of living adjustments (COLAs) made to veterans.[28] It earned bipartisan support and passed in September 2019.[13]

Immigration

In October 2019, Luria co-sponsored the NO BAN Act,[29] introduced by progressive Democrat Judy Chu (CA–27th), which seeks to limit the president's authority to control external migration.[30] The president currently has unilateral authority to limit external travel—specifically, executive control pertains to Aliens—not American citizens or nationals—entering the United States; Chu's proposed legislation would allow Congress to decide whether the Department of State (DOS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the president's superintendence, meet the proposed NO BAN Act's established rationale for border closure.[30] It mandates that border closures—initiated through the president's direction under the DOS and DHS operational structure—must adhere to more liberalized standards: "Only issue a restriction when required to address a compelling government interest, and narrowly tailor the suspension to use the least restrictive means to achieve such an interest."[30] The NO BAN Act stipulates that Congress must concur with the administration's rationale, or the established restriction becomes void.[30] The administration must report to Congress about the imposed restriction within 48 hours of its imposition under the proposed statute.[30] It also provides judicial recourse for "individuals or entities"—primarily, aimed at Aliens as well as aligned advocacy groups present in the United States—to sue for damages imposed by the administration's travel restrictions.[30] According to an editorial in the Washington Examiner, Democrats continued their push for more liberalized immigration laws while the administration was imposing travel restrictions—on China and Europe—during the coronavirus pandemic to stem its spread into the United States.[31] In March 2020, progressive Democrat Jared Huffman (CA–2nd), a co-sponsor and leading proponent of the NO BAN Act, was focused on passing it to circumvent Donald Trump's Executive Order 13780, which limits external migration from 13 countries.[32] Later in March 2020, Democrats chose to delay a vote on the NO BAN Act with Republicans stating the proposed legislation would hamper the president’s ability to mitigate external threats like coronavirus spread.[33]

Impeachment

In September 2019, Luria labeled herself a "security Democrat"—an idiom for freshman Democrats with national security experience[34]—and called for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump in an op-ed published by The Washington Post.[35] In an October 2019 town hall meeting held in Virginia Beach, Luria stated that Donald Trump had: "Enlist[ed] the help of a foreign leader to influence and malign a potential political opponent to affect the outcome of our next election all under [the] guise of trying to fight corruption."[36] Later in October 2019, Luria formally voted for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump,[37] and she joined all but three Democrats in the House of Representatives to vote for impeachment on both counts: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in December 2019;[38] all Republicans voted no to both charges in the House of Representatives.[38] Luria had previously voted to table the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump in July 2019.[39]

Environmental policy

Luria accepts the scientific consensus on climate change.[40] She is concerned about the physical impacts of climate change on global instability and military readiness.[40] Luria also believes Donald Trump's administration is attempting to discredit military and scientific experts on the physical impacts of climate change, which she views as an aspersion to the national security and scientific apparatuses.[40]

In April 2019, Luria co-sponsored the Climate Action Now Act (CANA),[41] introduced by progressive Democrat Kathy Castor (FL–14th) in March 2019, which seeks to solidify the Paris Agreement's emissions cap into federal law.[42]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Virginia's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results, 2018[48]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elaine Luria 17,552 62.3
Democratic Karen Mallard 10,610 37.7
Total votes 28,162 100.0
Virginia's 2nd congressional district general election results, 2018[49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elaine Luria 139,571 51.1
Republican Scott Taylor (incumbent) 133,458 48.8
n/a Write-ins 371 0.1
Total votes 273,400 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Personal life

Luria's husband, Robert Blondin, is also a retired Navy commander and spent 27 years in the service.[10] Luria has two stepchildren as well as a daughter born in 2009.[50] They reside in Norfolk,[51] and she made the commencement speech in May 2019 at Virginia Wesleyan University located in Virginia Beach.[51] Luria attends the Ohef Sholom Temple, a Reform Jewish synagogue, also located in Norfolk.[52]

See also

References

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