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Congressional lawmakers told Fox News they're concerned about how artificial Intelligence will impact the job market, but were unsure how to approach the issue. ... Republican Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia said he was less concerned. "New technologies have come and gone, and with them you have displacement, not necessarily jobs lost, but jobs added and jobs shifting," he said. "For AI,… Read more »

Members of Congress were split on whether President Biden or House Speaker Kevin McCarthy caved during the debt ceiling negotiations. ... Rep. Ben Cline echoed his fellow Republican's sentiments. "The [original] bill was a strong conservative bill," he told Fox News. "It is not a strong conservative bill anymore." Rep. Ben Cline echoed his fellow Republican's sentiments. "The… Read more »

Arguing it does not do enough to rein in federal spending, Rep. Ben Cline (R-6th) on Wednesday voted against a bill to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling that passed the U.S. House with support from a bipartisan coalition. The House’s 314-117 vote sends the bill to the Senate, where leaders hope to get the legislation onto President Joe Biden’s desk by a Monday deadline,… Read more »

... 6th District Congressman Ben Cline tweeted earlier this morning that he was opposed to the bill because he could not "in good conscience vote four a roughly $4 trillion dollar debt increase." ... Read more here. Read more »

... Sixth District Rep. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, indicated his vote in a Wednesday morning Facebook post. “I came to Washington four years ago to drain the Swamp, not to make it deeper,” Cline said. “That’s why I CANNOT in good conscience vote for this roughly $4 trillion debt increase “deal,” which can only be characterized as a capitulation to the… Read more »

 ... 6th District Republican Ben Cline was live with WFIR this morning, when he also touched on several bills designed to combat the Fentanyl crisis... Read more and listen to the interview here. Read more »

... "He's going to be able to tell us exactly how the FBI lied to the American people, how they used the Steele dossier when they knew it was false and based on false premises, and how it was pushed to use the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] warrants to spy on the Trump campaign in 2016," Cline said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." ... Read more here. Read more »

... Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., in charge of the RSC’s budget taskforce, shared a similar sentiment regarding the other side of the aisle. "Absolutely – they’re the ones who have been delaying the whole time, they’re the ones who want to keep spending, and continue to keep punting on responsibility for this enormous debt that this country’s incurred," Cline said.… Read more »

...“The Freedom Caucus stands behind the House-passed bill and behind our speaker,” said Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), a member of that ultraconservative group. “This is the first time most of us in the Freedom Caucus have ever voted for a debt limit increase. And it’s only because it was accompanied by such strong conservative reforms.” ... Read more here. Read more »

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Altec Industries, a global industrial machinery manufacturer, will invest $1.4 million to expand the production of Altec’s construction equipment product line in Botetourt County, according to Governor Glenn Youngkin. Virginia competed with other states for the project, creating 150 jobs and additional investment in the existing… Read more »