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White House mum on declassifying COVID report after unanimous House approval

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WASHINGTON — Americans are one step closer to knowing what the US government knows about the origins of COVID-19 — if President Biden will let them. The House on Friday unanimously passed its version of a Senate-approved bill that would force the White House to declassify intelligence reports about the origins of the global pandemic and its ties to a…

Rep. Cline to Newsmax: GOP Will Restore Fiscal Order

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Rep. Ben Cline R-Va., in an interview with Newsmax, vowed that Republicans will restore fiscal order in the U.S. Cline, a member of the House Budget Committee, made his comments on Friday's "Wake Up America." President Joe Biden's budget plan is "being as well received in the House of Representatives as [Transportation Secretary] Pete Buttigieg was in East Palestine, Ohio,…

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President Biden’s $6.8 trillion budget proposal would impose a whopping $5.5 trillion in tax increases and push federal spending roughly 55% higher than pre-pandemic levels, including a 15% boost for the IRS that would be added to the agency’s current massive funding increase. Mr. Biden announced the tax hikes Thursday in his annual budget proposal…

Multiple House GOP budget plans to showcase divides on cuts

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...  Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), who is leading the RSC’s budget and spending task force this year, told The Hill that he expects the RSC blueprint to come out after the Budget Committee release — signaling that it will not be as much of a tool to influence the House GOP budget.  “There’s conversations to try and harmonize [with the Budget…

Rep. Cline to Newsmax: Judiciary Committee Sheds Light on Border Crisis Dems Ignored

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Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax on Thursday night Congress is finally getting an idea of the scope of the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border now that Republicans have regained control of the House. Cline was part of the House Judiciary Committee's field hearing on the border crisis on Thursday in Yuma, Arizona, which, according to testimony from Yuma County…

Sixth District Congressman Ben Cine Greets Constituents at Cucci's in Covington

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On Tues., Feb. 21, Congressman Ben Cline (R), who represent’s Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District in Washington D.C., sat down with citizens of Covington at Cucci’s Pizzeria to discuss their concerns. Cline observed, “Jobs are of most importance here in Alleghany County.” He stressed that a diversity of jobs is needed to strengthen the local economy…

Rep. Cline holds first town hall in Salem

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Rep. Ben Cline held his first town hall in Salem last Thursday at Lydia’s Italian Kitchen. He started representing the city this year once it was moved out of the 9th Congressional District and into the 6th Congressional District during redistricting.  “Getting to have a town hall here in Salem is fantastic. Thank you all for coming out,” he began.…