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Cline announces funding for I-81 improvements

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July 18, 2025 | Linden Kiser — Virginia Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline announced Thursday that the Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee includes funding for improvements to Interstate 81. According to a media release, 17-million dollars has been set aside to support key upgrades and potential widening along the corri...

Rep. Cline Introduces Bipartisan Don’t Sell My DNA Act

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Ben Cline (R-VA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Don’t Sell My DNA Act, a bill aimed at strengthening consumer privacy by safeguarding genetic data obtained from individuals through relationships with biotech companies. In recent years, more Americans have begun to utilize at-home DNA testing services for additional insight into their perso...

House Appropriations Approves Bill Including Cline Funding For I-81 Improvements

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House Appropriations Approves Bill Including Cline Funding For I-81 Improvements Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) announced today that the Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee includes $17 million for improvements to Interstate 81. This funding, which Cline requested and supported as a member of the A...

Congressman Ben Cline Receives Champion of Limited Government Award

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Washington, D.C. — Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) has been recognized as a Champion of Limited Government by the Institute for Legislative Analysis for his strong, consistent voting record in defense of the constitutional principles of limited government. The award is based on an extensive review of thousands of votes, making it the most expansive study performed in the U.S. Congress. "One of my top...

Congressman Ben Cline Announces Winner of 2025 Congressional Art Competition

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Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) announced that Brooke Justus, an 11th-grade student at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology in Salem, has been named the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Virginia’s Sixth District. Her piece, titled “A Roanoke Forest,” will be displayed in the United States Capitol for the next year. The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide initiative ...

A Big, Beautiful Win for America

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The American Dream is back in reach and our nation is back on the path to prosperity, security, and sanity, thanks to the actions of the House of Representatives last week. With the House’s passage of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” we’ve shown that it is possible to return common sense to our government, protect taxpayers, secure our borders, and chart a course for national Golden Age...

Trump USDA Secretary Commits to Terminate CCP Gain-of-Function Partnership

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May 23, 2025 | Benjamin Bartee As reported exclusively at PJ Media in September of last year, Joe Biden's USDA Secretary explicitly denied under oath that his department had “collaborated” with the CCP-controlled Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to modify bird flu viruses to make them infectious to humans — i.e., gain-of-function. Later, through diligent investigative work by White Coat Waste Pro...

Congressman Ben Cline’s Statement on Voting for the One Big Beautiful Budget Reconciliation Bill

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Washington, D.C.— Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a major budget reconciliation package that delivers meaningful wins for working families, small businesses, and taxpayers in Virginia’s Sixth District. “Today’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill is a big win for the American pe...

Congressman Cline Earns 2024 Club For Growth’s Defender of Economic Freedom Award

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Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) has been awarded the “Defender of Economic Freedom Award” by the Club for Growth, America’s largest free market advocacy organization. “One of my top priorities in Congress is to support economic policies that benefit the citizens of the Sixth District of Virginia,” said Congressman Cline. “I’ve voted to cut taxes, eliminate red tape, reduce regulations on small busin...

Congressman Ben Cline honors Spotswood Boys Basketball for State Title

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Rocktown Now | Jacquelynn Dobrin Congressman Ben Cline honored the Spotswood Boys Basketball team during a House session this week. The team earned the title of 2025 VHSL Class 3A State Champions earlier this year for the first time in 32 years. “This remarkable victory is a testament to their talent, hard work, and perseverance,” Cline said on the floor. Cline also congratulated Coach Edwards on ...

Rep. Ben Cline Proposes Bipartisan Bill to Close Loophole in Foreign Agents Registration Act

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Sean Moran | Breitbart Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) on Thursday introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Cline introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act, a bill that would ensure that individuals who previously acted as foreign agents are required to register retroactively for their foreign lobbying work...

Rep. Cline Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Close Loophole in Foreign Agents Registration Act

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Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act, joined by co-sponsors John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Rob Wittman (R-VA), and Don Davis (D-NC). In a 2022 ruling, a D.C. district judge determined that a suspected foreign age...

Trump's first 100 days are a new era of American renewal

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In just 100 days, President Donald Trump has reignited a movement and reset the trajectory of the United States. He is a leader who is doing exactly what he promised on the campaign trail, and the early results are turning the country in the right direction at last. The contrast with the prior administration could not be sharper — and nowhere is that clearer than in immigration policy. During the ...

Rep. Ben Cline responds to protests

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Colby Johnson | WDBJ7 Over the last few months, several protests have been held outside the Roanoke office of Virginia 6th District U.S. Representative Ben Cline. Protesters have been calling on Cline to hold townhalls and address constituents, and protest organizers said they have not been able to meet with Cline. The primary concern of protesters has been Cline’s support for the Trump administra...

Congressman Cline Introduces No Union Time on the Taxpayer’s Dime Act

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Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in introducing the No Union Time on the Taxpayer’s Dime Act, which would prohibit the use of “official time” by federal employees engaging in union activities while on the clock. This legislation would restore accountability to the federal workforce and ensure taxpayer dollars are used solely to serve the American people, not subsi...