Author: Robert Hurt The Farmville Herald

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Obama cements his legacy

The founders of our country purposefully designed the three branches of government with the intention of using the system of checks and balances to keep ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Thursday, December 29, 2016 10:21 am

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Obama’s final executive overreach

President Obama’s tenure in office will long be remembered for his administration’s aggressive attempts to expand executive power at the expense of the legislature, the ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 2:26 pm

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ACA more costly than ever

The Obama administration recently confirmed the Affordable Care Act continues to break a signature promise: that the law would reduce the cost of health care ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Thursday, November 3, 2016 12:50 pm

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Agriculture important to Virginia

Recently, I had the privilege of joining the Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau for its annual meeting. Each fall, local farm bureaus gather farmers across Virginia ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:17 pm

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Reining in ‘unchecked’ authority

The Dodd-Frank Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with the intention of overseeing consumer protection in the financial sector, taking over from other ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Thursday, October 20, 2016 11:31 am

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Stop insurance company bailouts

The negative consequences of the president’s health care law continue to manifest themselves with new and different problems emerging at every turn. The law has not ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Thursday, October 6, 2016 3:02 pm

Columns

Easing Main Street’s burdens

This week, the U.S. House acted in an effort to alleviate burdens standing in the way of Main Street businesses’ access to capital. As I ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:02 pm

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Highlighting his tour across the Fifth District

As we continued our tour of the Fifth District last week, making dozens of visits in Gretna, Chat-ham, Danville, Ridgeway, Martinsville, Arrington, Lovingston, Palmyra, Charlottesville, ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 2:52 pm

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Appeasement makes the world more dangerous

News and developments both at home and abroad this week gave us further evidence demonstrating a foreign and national security policy based on appeasement and ... Read more

by Robert Hurt, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 4:26 pm

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