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Oct 23, 2012

Virginia Lawmakers Ask Justice Department to Investigate Voter Registration Fraud

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Jim Moran (VA-08), Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Gerry Connolly (VA-11) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a multi-state investigation of voter registration fraud connected to Strategic Allied Consulting and its subsidiary Pinpoint. The letter follows voter fraud allegations in three states and the October 18 arrest of Pinpoint employee Colin Small in Harrisonburg, Virginia on 13 counts of voter registration fraud. "The number of allegations in a multitude of locations would ...

Oct 18, 2012

Virginia Congressmen Respond to Governor McDonnell Sequestration Letter; Connolly Moran, Scott call on McDonnell to support balanced approach to defic…

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Moran (VA-08), and Bobby Scott (VA-03) wrote to Governor Bob McDonnell today detailing the impact sequestration cuts would have on Virginia families and urging Gov. McDonnell to use his leadership position in the national Republican Party to prod House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor "to begin discussions on a balanced deficit reduction package that can garner bipartisan support" and avoid an economic disaster for the Commonwealth. The Virginia lawmakers were responding to McDonnell's O...

Jul 11, 2012

REPEAL OF OBAMACARE ACT

"Mr. Speaker, two years ago we passed ObamaCare, and now the Supreme Court has ruled that it is, in fact, constitutional. "Even after this ruling, some are ignoring the fact that these reforms are working. We know that there are children with preexisting conditions who now have insurance. We know that there are young adults who have had car accidents and their families did not have to go bankrupt for health care costs because they were able to stay on their parents' policies. "We know that there are seniors who are receiving assistance when they fall in the doug...

Jun 28, 2012

ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER CONTEMPT RESOLUTION

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: The contempt citation pending against Attorney General Holder is unfounded, unfair, and unwise. All of this involves questions about gunwalking. And we know that the Attorney General has handed over thousands of documents in response to multiple subpoenas. So we know that the gunwalking policy began under the Bush administration. We know that President Bush's Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, was briefed on the policy, and it continued. We know that when Attorney General Holder found out about it, he shut the program down and called for an ...