Wittman Endorsed by the Daily Press
http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-ed-congressional-endorsements-edit20101016,0,7272317.story
 
1st District
This isn't the craziest of Virginia's districts, but it's plenty crazy, stretching from Hampton Roads to north of Fredericksburg. It runs conservative, and Rep. Rob Wittman is a good fit with its gestalt.
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He has grown into this role, and he talks about its needs, and the nation's, with a thoughtful grasp of the issue and a pragmatic eye to solutions — and little of the ideology that hollows out much partisan rhetoric.
 
His focus is on issues that are important to his district: jobs; the ratcheting up of government's burdens on businesses and the uncertainty that is shunting their plans off to the sidelines. He favors stringent controls on federal spending, which is essential if we are to keep this nation from heading into an economic morass and a statist social order that will rob it of its potential. His stance on immigration is reasonable: Address businesses' demand for labor with more realistic quotas on work visas, and make it easier for employers to check applicants' immigration status. And, for Virginia, it's a boon to have in Washington someone who understands Chesapeake Bay issues so well.
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