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Robert Hurt: Showing appreciation for our troops this holiday season

Published date: December 23, 2013 | 10:54 am

Updated: July 30, 2025 | 12:06 pm

As we gather with friends and family to observe this holiday season and to pray for peace on earth and good will toward men, I thank you for the opportunity to represent Virginia’s Fifth District in the United States Congress. The blessings we enjoy as Virginians are abundant, and I am grateful every day for the natural beauty, the agricultural bounty, and the hardworking entrepreneurial spirit we see all across our great district.

Chris Graham: Can we leave Tony Romo alone now?

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Published date: December 22, 2013 | 4:51 pm

The season on the line, down 23-14 in the fourth quarter, Tony Romo comes up lame after completing a third-down pass to Miles Austin. (Insert joke about Tony Romo having been lame for years here.) The Dallas Cowboys quarterback could barely hand the ball off to DeMarco Murray on the next two plays.

UVa. women’s basketball loses to Tulane in OT

Chris Graham

Published date: December 20, 2013 | 9:41 pm

Updated: August 15, 2025 | 12:40 pm

The Virginia women’s basketball team (4-6) fell 79-72 in overtime to Tulane (6-3) in the opening game of the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Cavaliers trailed by 20 points in the first half, coming back to tie the game with 17:07 left in regulation. After trailing by eight with 6:14 remaining, the Cavaliers again came back, holding a one-point lead, 65-64, with 19 seconds remaining.

VPAS Represented at Staunton Community Health Fair

Chris Graham

Published date: December 20, 2013 | 5:41 pm

Updated: May 30, 2025 | 7:27 pm

Despite the threatening winter weather, approximately 100 individuals attended a Community Health Fair Saturday, Dec. 14 at Staunton’s Booker T. Washington Community Center.

Senate passes budget compromise

Chris Graham

Published date: December 19, 2013 | 12:01 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:16 pm

The government shutdown seems like so long ago now. Days after the House voted overwhelmingly to pass a bipartisan budget deal aimed at ending the sequestration process and quashing any talk of another disastrous shutdown, the Senate voted 64-36 to send the budget to President Obama for his signature.

Update: Mark Obenshain concedes AG race

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Published date: December 18, 2013 | 1:18 pm

Updated: December 18, 2013 | 7:13 pm

Republican Mark Obenshain has formally conceded the Virginia attorney-general race. “It’s apparent that our campaign is going to come up a few votes short,” Obenshain said at an afternoon news conference in Richmond after calling Democrat Mark Herring to concede and offer his support.

Robert Hurt: Bipartisan budget agreement

Robert Hurt

Published date: December 18, 2013 | 11:17 am

Updated: July 30, 2025 | 12:06 pm

I am pleased to report that last week, for the first time in five years, Congress agreed upon a federal budget. The House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 by a vote count of 332-94.

10th District Congressman Frank Wolf announces retirement

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Published date: December 18, 2013 | 10:30 am

Frank Wolf, whose congressional district stretches from the Washington, D.C., suburbs to the Northern Shenandoah Valley, will not run for re-election in 2014. The news means there will be an interesting and competitive race for the seat held by the Republican since 1980.

UVa. women’s basketball tops Maryland-Eastern Shore, 81-46

Chris Graham

Published date: December 18, 2013 | 1:56 am

Updated: August 15, 2025 | 12:40 pm

The Virginia women’s basketball team (4-5) defeated Maryland Eastern Shore (3-7) 81-46 Tuesday night (Dec. 17) at John Paul Jones Arena. After UVa trailed 8-0 three minutes into the game, the Cavaliers outscored the Lady Hawks 36-15 in the final 17 minutes of the period, including scoring eight unanswered points in the final 1:14 of the half, to take a 36-23 advantage into the break.

Bob Goodlatte: Focusing on a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda

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Published date: December 15, 2013 | 12:42 pm

Updated: December 15, 2013 | 12:47 pm

Throughout the first session of the 113th Congress, the House of Representatives has continued to pursue an agenda designed to create jobs, end economic uncertainty, and make America more competitive in the global economy. The House Republican Plan For Economic Growth & Jobs is based on a simple concept – pro-growth, pro-jobs legislation.

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Robert Hurt: Showing appreciation for our troops this holiday season

Chris Graham: Can we leave Tony Romo alone now?

UVa. women’s basketball loses to Tulane in OT

VPAS Represented at Staunton Community Health Fair

Senate passes budget compromise

Update: Mark Obenshain concedes AG race

Robert Hurt: Bipartisan budget agreement

10th District Congressman Frank Wolf announces retirement

UVa. women’s basketball tops Maryland-Eastern Shore, 81-46

Bob Goodlatte: Focusing on a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda

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