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Wittman running for full term in Congress
BY CHELYEN DAVIS For Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, the campaign has been going on for more than a year. Wittman was elected to the 1st District congressional seat last December after a brief campaign that followed the death of incumbent Jo Ann Davis. He started that campaign right after winning re-election to the House of Delegates seat he'd held for one term. And now he's running again, for a full term in the 1st District. Wittman, a Republican from Montross, won the seat last winter with 61 percent of the vote, beating Democrat Phil Forgit. He has opposition for his re-election as well, with Democrats having nominated Warrenton businessman Bill Day. Libertarian Nathan Larson is also on the ballot. Wittman said in an interview that he has worked hard in the past eight months to get up to speed, both in Congress and in the district. In Congress, that means making overtures to other members, sitting down with them to get to know them. "It's still a people business. You still have to work with others," Wittman said. Back home, Wittman said he has been traveling from one end of the district--Fauquier--to the other, in Newport News, to talk to constituents about issues and what he can do about them in Congress. ECONOMY IS MAJOR ISSUE Overwhelmingly, he said, voters are worried about the economy and jobs, and he thinks Congress must resist overspending and be wary of the effect of government actions on things like the mortgage industry. Wittman's opposition to increasing the deficit includes a push to reform "ear-marks," the thousands of budget line items that direct federal cash toward projects in congressmen's home districts. Wittman said he doesn't oppose earmarks--he puts them in himself--but he believes the system should be much more transparent. He has a set of rules for his own earmarks; they must be for a public need, he publishes all requests in the Congressional Record, he includes a proposal to cut the budget elsewhere to offset his request, and the state and localities must be willing to share the cost. "What I'm against are unfettered earmarks," Witt-man said, adding that he is co-sponsoring a bill to put a moratorium on earmarks until Congress can work out a transparent system like his. HE SUPPORTS DRILLING
even if stops campaigning and ignores every constituent and issue. The 1st hasn't gone Democratic since '74.
Thank goodness the Democrats don't foce bias puff-pieces about their candidates on us. BTW rikkirat - maybe he's just too busy for constituents who can't even make an effort to spell his name correctly.
He's a good and qualified candidate for our Congress and I hope he gets reelected in November.
This article reads like a press release from Whitman's campaign? How about insightful pressing questions?
Thanks for responding to the letter I sent you. NOT! Too busy for constituents north of the Rappahanock? You won't get my vote - - - again.
CUT TAXES MEANS LESS SERVICES BUT SPEND BILLIONS ON MORE SHIPS I BELEIVE IN A VERY STRONG MILITARY BUT CUTTING TAXES IS NOT THE WAY TO PAY FOR THEM GEE I WISH REPUBLICANS WOULD GET OFF THE SOAP BOX ABOUT CUTTING TAXES FOR THE WEALTHY AND WORRY MORE ABOUT US LITTLE PEOPLE WHO ARE SINGLE AND PAY MORE TAXES THAN THE FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE DEDUCTIONS JUST BECAUSE THEY DECIDE TO HAVE CHILDREN.
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