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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, General Laws and Technology Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, General Laws and Technology Subcommittee #2, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (Science, Space, and Technology), United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Education

  • BA, University of Maryland, College Park
  • JD, Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 1995

Professional Experience

  • BA, University of Maryland, College Park
  • JD, Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 1995
  • Former Attorney, Laurel Brigade Law Group
  • Employee, Ritenour, Paice, Mougin-Boal & Wexton
  • Substitute Judge, Loudoun General District Court for Organization, 2010-2011
  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Loudoun County, 2001-2005

Political Experience

  • BA, University of Maryland, College Park
  • JD, Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 1995
  • Former Attorney, Laurel Brigade Law Group
  • Employee, Ritenour, Paice, Mougin-Boal & Wexton
  • Substitute Judge, Loudoun General District Court for Organization, 2010-2011
  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Loudoun County, 2001-2005
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Virginia, District 10, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Virginia, District 10, 2018, 2020
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 33, 2014-2019
  • Minority Whip, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, General Laws and Technology Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, General Laws and Technology Subcommittee #2, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Appropriations

Member, Committee on the Budget

Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, University of Maryland, College Park
  • JD, Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 1995
  • Former Attorney, Laurel Brigade Law Group
  • Employee, Ritenour, Paice, Mougin-Boal & Wexton
  • Substitute Judge, Loudoun General District Court for Organization, 2010-2011
  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Loudoun County, 2001-2005
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Virginia, District 10, 2019-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Virginia, District 10, 2018, 2020
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 33, 2014-2019
  • Minority Whip, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, 2018
  • Former Member, Loudoun Community Services Board
  • Member, Phi Delta Phi
  • President, Loudon County Bar Association, 2010-2011

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Harry L. Carrico Award, National Center for State Courts, 2007

Izaac Walton League Award, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries 2005

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Congress Bills
Speeches

Lara Larson

Apr. 16, 2021Floor Speech