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Welcome to the Virtual Office for the 5th District
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Welcome
I'm pleased to offer a Virtual Office for the citizens of the 5th district of Virginia. It's a sacred duty to serve you, and I hope you find this website useful and informative. Here, you can read my latest news, learn about legislation and issues, and get help with constituent services. You can also use this website to contact me and my offices to tell me about your concerns and needs.
We are entering an incredibly difficult time for our district and our nation as we work to turn our economy around. However, I am confident that, together, we will be able to rebuild America’s competitiveness and write a great new chapter of Southside Virginia’s history. I look forward to hearing from you.
Latest News
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Perriello Votes to Support American Manufacturing Jobs and American-made Products
09/29/10Congressman Tom Perriello again voted today to protect American manufacturing jobs and to help make American-made products more competitive. Rep. Perriello co-sponsored the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 2378), which passed with bi-partisan support, to crack down on foreign countries, most notably China, whose currency manipulation results in products that are so cheap that American-made products cannot compete. This practice is devastating to manufacturing industries, such as steel and rubber, and the American Manufacturing Alliance estimates that Virginia's 5th Congressional District lost nearly 6,000 jobs to China from 2001-2008.
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Perriello Votes to Cut Taxes, Expand Capital for Small Businesses
09/23/10Today, Congressman Tom Perriello voted again to cut taxes on small businesses and to help provide capital so they can hire and expand. The Small Business Jobs Act, which is fully paid for, enacts $12 billion in tax cuts so that owners can invest in their small businesses. The bill also helps meet capital needs by creating a $30 billion lending fund for community banks that could leverage up to $300 billion in private investment in small businesses. Unlike the big bank bailout of 2008, which Perriello opposed, this proposal rewards responsible actors and directs lending to where it is needed most: small businesses on Main Street.
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New "Patient's Bill of Rights" Takes Effect
09/23/10Congressman Tom Perriello today highlighted a slate of key patient rights and protections that will now benefit Virginians on private insurance plans. This new "Patient's Bill of Rights" includes common-sense reforms that put patients and doctors, not the health insurance companies, back in charge of health care decisions. The reforms are included in the recently enacted health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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"Rural Star" Legislation Passes House
09/16/10Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4785, the Rural Energy Savings Program Act, commonly known as "Rural Star." The bill, which Congressman Tom Perriello originally cosponsored and has championed in Congress, will finance energy efficiency upgrades in rural homes, creating an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 jobs a year while saving Virginia families and businesses money on their electric bills. Rep. Perriello made maximizing efficiency one of the three pillars of his "New Energy Blueprint" to place Central and Southern Virginia at the forefront of the new energy economy.
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