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Select Page Wittman statement on voting YES to support First District Priorities, families, small businesses, and provide greater pandemic relief WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the  Consolidated Appropriations Act, which fully funds the government through September 30th, 2021, and provides additional COVID-19 pandemic relief, relief to small businesses, American workers, and more. “The government funding and COVID-19 relief package Congress passed today is a critical funding bill that funds many of the prioriti...

Today, Saturday, December 12, from 10 am to noon we hosted the on-air ‘Put the Guns Down & Power Up' Town Hall. We discussed the increase in gun violence in Buffalo and it's impact on our community.  If you missed it, you can listen here. Enter your number to get our free mobile app If you missed our 2-hour discussion, you can find it below. Our hope is that your will be inspired by this to make a change. We know that one town hall won't stop the gun violence in Buffalo, but we want to help plant the seeds that will help bring this senseless violence to an end. I, Yasmin Young, and DJ Ed N...

It's amazing that we don't have conversations between congress people across the aisle just as human beings. when you take off your republican, democrat, you're human beings. this is a travesty here. do you have any kind of conversation here? >> this environment is not really conducive to that type of conversation for a lot of reaps as you know. and i think the real debate is going to begin when some of these bills begin to be debated in the congress. we have a gun task force here on our side. we're on the -- i'm on the appropriations committee and we're going to have a debate as we try to rep...

Hard amendment. it's a rider. congressman moran, myself, all of us are trying to work to repeal the tiahrt amendment which would make it easier for law enforcement to conduct gun tracing efforts. so i think there are some measures, but it's an uphill battle. again, we've got to ask the american people to know that this is ha wakeup call. and you've got to rally around ensuring that your members of congress are accountable to what you believe will provide for a safe future for our children. >> congresswoman, when this newtown connecticut situation happened, the american people were simply horri...