
Ben Cline: Education, spending among top priorities
As a new member of the House Education and Labor Committee, Ben Cline has made education a top priority for the 116th Congress.

As a new member of the House Education and Labor Committee, Ben Cline has made education a top priority for the 116th Congress.

A low-carbon diet—whereby you limit foods that generate a lot of carbon (CO2) emissions in their production and distribution—is indeed more about reducing your carbon footprint than your waistline.

Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio urged Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to issue a comprehensive and unclassified report on China’s participation in the international standard-setting bodies for 5G wireless telecommunications technologies.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) as original co-sponsors of Senate legislation to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.

Sixth District Republican Congressman Ben Cline introduced the Notify ICE Act on Wednesday. The bill would require that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement be notified when an illegal immigrant is denied the ability to purchase a firearm through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

This week marks six weeks since taking office as representative of Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District. In those six weeks, I have heard from thousands of Sixth District residents and have taken your views to Washington.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is reintroducing four bills focused on supporting Americans who can increasingly expect to work in a variety of jobs over a lifetime in the workforce.

The controversy over Virginia political leaders and blackface seems to have calmed down, and a new Quinnipiac University Poll buttresses that supposition.

I have been discouraged by an increase in anti-Semitism during recent months. The most horrifying example was the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh last October, but anti-Semitic rhetoric has also become more commonplace in public life.

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