Last September 18, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced H.R. 5531, the End the U.N. Censorship Act. Currently, U.S. contributions to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are being used to develop and implement an artificial intelligence (AI) assisted fact-checking tool, iVerify, to label and censor speech online as mis-, dis-, and mal- information, as well as toxic or hate speech.
Rep. Ben Cline has sharply criticized President Biden's funding preference for Ukraine instead of allocating aid to the victims of the catastrophic Maui wildfires, a choice that Cline argues is particularly distressing given Biden's recent trip to the fire-ravaged area. Cline contends that this allocation decision is a disrespect to the individuals who have endured losses in the fire-devastated region.
On July 27, 2023, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), which provides funding for Defense Department military and family housing construction activities and remediation at closed military bases.
On July 17, 2023, as Congress begins to take up the Fiscal Year 2024 Farm Bill, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) was joined by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) in hosting an Agriculture Listening Session with over 50 farmers and other Ag industry stakeholders at Maple Springs Farm in Weyers Cave, showcasing the diversity of commodities Virginia has to offer.
On July 14, 2023, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA) which provides for the needs of servicemembers and their families through a pay increase, while equipping our military with the tools and resources to counter the rapidly growing threats from Communist China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
U.S. Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) joins those celebrating as the House narrowly approved HJRes44 which blocks the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) requirement to register all guns with attached stabilizing braces.
On June15, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the No Welfare for the Wealthy Act to eliminate the Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) loophole in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and stop waste, fraud, and abuse within the food stamp program.
On May 24, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) released the following statement on the passage of his bill, the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act (H.R. 357), out of the House Committee on the Judiciary:
On May17, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the House passed, the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement (POLICE) Act of 2023 (H.R. 2494), which would ensure that criminal aliens who assault law enforcement officers are removable from the United States.
On April 26, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) released the following statement after he voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811).
On April 20, Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (H.R. 734).