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A spicy dish of politics was served alongside lunch at a Salem restaurant Thursday, where a city council member doubted the national government, and U.S. Rep. Ben Cline said he is practicing “aggressive incrementalism” as part of a Republican House majority planning to “push the envelope,” in Washington, D.C.

During the lunchtime Cline town hall event at Lydia’s Italian Kitchen, a quorum of Salem City Council members peppered the congressman, R-Botetourt, with questions.

...“We recognize that a lot of what we can do, now that we have gavels, is put out evidence of the wrongdoing that you’re talking about,” Cline said. “Plan on watching hearings, and it’s going to be uncomfortable. People are going to be very upset with what they’re hearing, because we’re laying it all out there.”

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