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The recently crowned state champion Lady Lancer softball team received a welcome from U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-6th District, during a visit to Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. July 20. The softball team, which won the Virginia Class 4 State Championship on June 26, was honored during Champions Night at the ballpark. The Lady Lancers also will be recognized during the Amherst County… Read more »

ROANOKE, Va. – Local representative Ben Cline just introduced a new bill in hopes of helping veterans.The Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2021 would give veterans access to small business training by using their GI bill benefits.The three-year pilot program would be supported by the Small Business Administration and help up to 250 veterans who are eligible for the GI Bill.Contine… Read more »

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are again pushing to allow some recently separated service members to use their GI Bill benefits to start a new business instead of attending college classes. The proposal, which has failed to gain legislative traction in recent years, would establish a three-year pilot program for up to 250 veterans to pursue "educational entrepreneurial training"… Read more »

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Virginia Congressman Ben Cline paid a visit to the VFW Rion-Bowman Post 632 in Harrisonburg Wednesday evening to present a copy of the speech he gave on the house floor for the post's 100th birthday."It was an incredible honor to have him here at the post home. Those guys are extremely busy and they see a lot of people, so to take time out of his day to come and… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, has been appointed to a new Republican group that is seeking to chart a unified voice for the party on one of the public's increasingly large issues — Big Tech."We're going to get to work together to unify our missions and messaging and reaching out to Democrats," Cline said, because "it's always better to reach out to Democrats in one… Read more »

Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., on Thursday introduced an amendment asking President Biden to declassify intelligence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the origins of COVID-19.Officials revealed in May that several workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in mid-November 2019, about a month before the first COVID-19 case was reported in the Chinese city, giving new credibility… Read more »

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BUCHANAN, Va. (WSET) — Congressman Ben Cline of the 6th Congressional District spent part of his Memorial Day speaking at a Buchanan Memorial Day of RemembranceThe American Legion and VFW put on the event to pay respect to those that lost their lives serving.Continue reading... Read more »

RAPHINE, Va. (WDBJ) - "We get about 2,000 trucks a day," explained Bobby Berkstresser, the owner of White's Travel Center. "We actually do about 5,000 cash register transactions a day, so not just truck drivers but tourists and locals, a combination of everybody."White's Travel Center is a busy place."White's is at the intersection of 81 and 64," said Dr. Rob Marsh. "And so this is a big… Read more »

6th District Congressman Ben Cline dropped into meet the new Chamber of Commerce Executive Director.On Friday May 21, Congressman Ben Cline met with Khari Ryder, the new Executive Director of the Botetourt County Chamber of Commerce, as well as with Jennifer Vance, the Marketing and Events Coordinator at the Chamber.Continue reading... Read more »