Congressman Eugene Vindman Opens Second District Office in Fredericksburg
"This will be a vital hub for constituents."
By Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
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Freshman Congressman Eugene Vindman on Monday afternoon marked the opening of his second district office in downtown Fredericksburg with a ribbon-cutting—a ceremony that he said always represents “hope for the future.”
“This is the first step in a long road that we will walk together,” Vindman said to the crowd of constituents who gathered for the opening of the new office, located in the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce building at 1701 Fall Hill Avenue.
In his four months in office, Vindman said, he has co-sponsored 52 pieces of legislation and introduced three bills, two of them bipartisan. He has returned $630,000 to constituents of Virginia’s 7th Congressional district and closed 377 cases opened by constituents at his Washington, D.C. and Woodbridge offices.
The Fredericksburg office will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and was chosen for its location and accessibility, the city’s mayor, Kerry Devine, said.
“This will be a vital hub for constituents” and for Vindman as he tries to “manage the chaos” unleashed by the Trump Administration’s moves to reduce the size of the federal government, Devine said.
The 7th Congressional district has a large population of federal employees and federal contractors, Vindman said, as well as a large population of active duty and retired military service members.
Vindman spoke of one veteran he met recently, named Ray, who expressed that he was unable to receive care at the new Veterans Administration facility in Spotsylvania because it remains understaffed due to a federal hiring freeze.
He spoke of another constituent, Shannon, whose middle child requires specialized medical care 24 hours a day and could lose access to that care if cuts are made to Medicaid.
“These are the folks I’m fighting for,” Vindman said.
About 280 people RSVPed for Tuesday’s ceremony, according to a staff member. Following Vindman’s comments, constituents formed a line to speak with him.
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