Scott Rigell

U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, announced this week he will be opening an office in Hampton on Monday. Rigell's 2nd Congressional District picked up portions of Newport News and Hampton in the 2011 redistricting process that followed the...

VIRGINIA BEACH — U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, introduced legislation Wednesdas to repeal cuts to the amount of U.S. food aid required to be carried on U.S. flagged vessels. Along with U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., Rigell is...

In the wake of the sequestration cuts going into effect March 1, all branches of the U.S. military accept the U.S. Navy have suspended their Tuition Assistance grant program for active duty service members as a cost saving measure. Local U.S. Reps....

A poll released Tuesday by the gun-control advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns showed that voters in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District favor mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases. When asked, "Do you favor or oppose requiring...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through...

It comes as no surprise that President Barack Obama will be joined on his visit to Newport News Shipbuilding by Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, a Democratic stalwart and the shipyard's congressman. The second congressman in the presidential entourage is...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say suspicious letters sent to two Virginia congressmen on Friday were harmless and were sent by the same person, who is cooperating with police. Authorities reported Friday that letters containing a white, powder...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say the offices of two Virginia congressmen received letters with a suspicious powder inside, though the material does not appear to be hazardous. Virginia Beach Fire Battalion Chief Tim Riley says the substance...

Nine of Virginia's 13 members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday expressing their unified support of averting the arbitrary sequestration cuts...

Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...

U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, will serve on the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the 113th Congress. Rigell, who was sworn in for his second term in the House Thursday, was an outspoken advocate as a freshman for increasing revenue...

Grover Norquist is losing his grip. It once seemed as if Washington's most powerful anti-tax crusader had the Republican Party firmly in hand. Signing Norquist's public pledge not to raise taxes was almost mandatory in GOP politics. Nine of the 10...