ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As the Senate weighs President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA 06) is defending his vote against that bill in the House."It's a partisan bill funding Democrat priorities, not COVID bipartisan priorities," Cline said. "If we were to scale it back and make it directly related to COVID, I think that would be something that I would… Read more »
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The 117th Congress was sworn in at the start of the year.Since then, a lot has transpired including the Capitol insurrection, President Trump's second impeachment, and the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.Republican Congressman Ben Cline serves as Virginia's 6th district representative in the U.S. House of… Read more »
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — It was just like any other Friday at Monument Terrace in Lynchburg.Dozens of veterans from multiple organizations gathered for the Support Our Troops rally. It's something that's been going on every Friday since 2001, through sun, snow, and rain.Friday, Jan. 29, however, held a special meeting for some of the rally's founders.It's the 1,000th consecutive… Read more »
Thursday, Congressman Ben Cline announced that he will host a district-wide Telephone Town Hall. Cline will be joined on this call by the chairman of the Congressional Doctors Caucus, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-01), and Dr. Laura Kornegay, health director for the Central Shenandoah Health District.The telephone town hall will take place Monday, Dec. 21, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Constituents… Read more »
Representative Ben Cline (R-VA-06) also called for a relief package."There is no denying that the coronavirus and government-mandated lockdowns have caused real economic hardship for the American people and small businesses," Cline said. "There is certainly a need for an additional relief bill, which is why Speaker Pelosi should immediately accept a targeted package that helps those… Read more »
For the first time in nearly 60 years, long after the building closed its doors, alumni of the Sunset Hill School in Strasburg boarded a bus on Saturday afternoon to transport them to the former elementary school that served African-American students in segregated Shenandoah County.It was a short jaunt across town from Strasburg's town hall to 348 Sunset St., but it was a powerful one… Read more »
MADISON HEIGHTS, Va. (WSET) - It only took about seven decades, but those who served in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II picked up the Congressional Gold Medal.Congressman Ben Cline presented 91-year-old George "Rusty" Nichols with his medal at Amelon United Methodist Church on Thursday night.Continue reading... Read more »
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A Lynchburg project that got its start late last year has been finished.That project is the Langhorne Road Bridge Renovation and Blackwater Creek Trail Extension.The project extends the trail from Langhorne Road to Linkhorne Middle School.As a part of that, an old railway trestle was stabilized and renovated.Continue reading... Read more »
AMHERST — With a conceptual plan for a new clinic drawn up in the summer, officials at Sweet Briar College moved swiftly and eagerly to open a health center for students just four short months later on campus. The new student health clinic opened its doors to students Oct. 6 and welcomed U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-6th, inside for a tour of the center Friday. Cline said the clinic is… Read more »
