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Cline's first Winchester town hall lively, wide-ranging

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Rep. Ben Cline (R-6th) held his first Winchester town hall Tuesday, giving residents a chance to hear about some of the issues capturing headlines in Washington and answering questions from a sizeable crowd at Piccadilly's Public House... "My goal is to hear from a wide range of people, and I want to have town halls in places I didn't win," Cline said. "Each region in my district is…

Congressman Ben Cline on debt ceiling, State of the Union and the balloon

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President Biden’s second State of the Union address is tomorrow night at 8 – you can hear it live then on WFIR. Congress is also dealing with the debt ceiling issue, and a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon that spent several days traversing the country until it was shot down over the weekend by the U.S. Military. Joining us live by phone once again to comment on all…

Roanoke man reunited with fathers Medal of Honor

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ROANOKE, Va. – Robert Wilkin has spent decades trying to find his father’s Medal of Honor after he was first awarded it back when he was a child. Wilkin’s father was U.S. Army Corporal Edward Wilkin. Cpl. Wilkin repeatedly went ahead of his unit and engaged the German forces alone, and later evacuated wounded soldiers from the battlefield despite heavy enemy fire.…

After 77 years, man reunited with fathers WWII Medal of Honor

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - One man in Roanoke was finally reunited with his father’s Medal of Honor after years of searching... Bob continued to search for decades - but never found the medal no matter where he looked. So he called Cline for help. “That is something our team does but this one was a little unique,” said Cline. Cline’s staffers asked the U.S. Army to…

Rep. Ben Cline to Newsmax: Voters Angry DirecTV Dropped Newsmax

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Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax that his constituents are "furious" over the decision by AT&T/DirecTV to drop Newsmax. Cline made his remarks on Thursday's "National Report." "My constituents are furious because they rely on Newsmax for information that cuts through all the woke rhetoric to actually provide people in the Shenandoah and Roanoke valleys with…

Ben Cline appointed to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHSV) - Congressman Ben Cline announced that he has been appointed to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration for the 118th Congress. Rep. Cline said, “Agriculture plays a critical role in America’s economic growth, and it is the number one industry in Virginia’s Sixth Congressional…

Cline to chair House Judicary subcommittee; appointment touted by Rep. Jim Jordan

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Sixth District Rep. Ben Cline (R-Botetourt) has been selected to chair the House’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight. The subcommittee, part of the House Judiciary Committee, has jurisdiction over the responsiveness of agencies, departments and entities to oversight requests of the committee, according to a description on the committee website.…

Congressman Ben Cline demands answers from President Biden in letter

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSET) — Congressman Ben Cline wants answers. On Monday, Cline led a group of colleagues from the Republican Study Committee's Budget and Spending Task Force--which he chairs--in a letter to President Biden. The letter demands answers and accountability for what the group said is the third year in a row the President has missed the submission deadline for the…

Virginia Rep. calls out Biden administration for ignoring budget deadline for third year in a row

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Virginia GOP Rep. and new Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight, Ben Cline, sent a letter to Joe Biden in which he demanded answers on whether Biden will miss the budget deadline for the third year in a row.  "It's fiscal mismanagement continued," Rep. Cline said on the Monday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV…