Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Greg Hicks answers questions from his congressman, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly.
In a highly-charged hearing room Wednesday on Capitol Hill, Northern Virginia resident Gregory Hicks gave dramatic testimony as the star witness before House members getting to the bottom of a fatal attack in September on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Hicks identified himself at the hearing as a constituent of Congressman Gerry Connolly’s 11th District in Northern Virginia. Connolly is a member of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, holding the hearing Wednesday. Hicks, a Foreign Service officer and former deputy chief of the U.S. consulate, testified about the details of the night of the attack on Sept. 11, 2012, when U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and another man were killed; two others were killed the next…
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The incumbent and Republican candidates vying for the 11th Virginia Congressional District seat finally go toe-to-toe before voters.
What was slated as a forum for candidates vying for Virginia’s 11th congressional district turned into an impromptu debate between incumbent Gerry Connolly (D) and Republican candidate Col. (Ret) Chris Perkins. The two candidates, who have not agreed on a time for a formal debate, went back and forth Tuesday at the Tysons Corner Marriott on issues ranging from the Affordable Healthcare Act to the local job market. “It’s what the people are owed,” Perkins said about the impromptu debate. Connolly, Perkins and Independent candidates Chris DeCarlo and Mark Gibson attended the forum co-sponsored by the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Merrifield Business Association. Each candidate was given seven minutes to speak before …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Chairman of the 11th Congressional district Republican committee writes about sequestration.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Editor's Note: The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor from Terry Wear, chairman of the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee. It is unedited. Dear Editor, There have been numerous opportunities for Gerry Connolly to stop or slow the impending sequestration cuts that will result in tens of thousands of layoffs in Northern Virginia and the 11th District. After voting for both versions of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which authorized this sequestration process; Connolly voted against several measures that would lessen the impact of the cuts, including an amendment authored by fellow Virginia Congressman Scott Rigell. These sequestration cuts disproportionately burden Northern Virginia and the defense industry …
Kim McCoy
11:01 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Thank God for men of character like Mr. Hicks. If it wasn't for his courage to testify to the truth of what happened the night Amb. Stevens, Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, and Sean Smith were murdered by Islamic terrorists this country and our traitorous media would have let this administration get away with the biggest lie and cover-up in American history. Rep. Connolly was an absolute disgrace...… more ›