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Virginia Sixth District Representative Ben Cline was in the Valley on Tuesday to host a town hall event at O’Neil’s Grill in Harrisonburg. During the event Cline spoke about the work he is doing in Washington and heard some concerns from constituents.

“Harrisonburg and Rockingham County have diverse view points, it’s expected that not everybody agrees with me all the time so we’ll have a lively conversation but hopefully I’ll get to update them on what we’re working on in Congress and folks will get to share with me their concerns about what they want congress to be focused on,” said Cline, a Republican who represents the sixth district which contains the Shenandoah Valley.

With Congress in a recess period Cline is making his rounds in the Valley and he said there is one major issue that appears to be on everyone’s mind.

“The economy is issue number one. Inflation has been crazy high and even though it’s coming down mortgage rates are still through the roof and it’s really making it hard for working families to make ends meet. So we’re trying to bring inflation down by curbing spending in Washington and making sure we can bring more industry and more jobs back to this area,” said Cline.