Eric Cantor
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"Eric Ivan Cantor" is an American politician, lawyer and businessman, who served as the United States House of Representatives/United States representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2001 to 2014. A member of the Republican Party (United States)/Republican Party, he became Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives/House Majority Leader when the 112th United States Congress/112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as Party whips of the United States House of Representatives/House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011.

His district included most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, Virginia/Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley. Cantor is the highest-ranking Jewish member of U.S. Congress/Congress in its history, and at the time of his resignation, the only non-Christian Republican in either house.

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As far as further steps toward solvency, the question is, how much further action are we going to see in the Senate?

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[Rep. Eric Cantor, the 7th District Republican whose district includes parts of Spotsylvania and Caroline counties, said a Homeland Security move to the Old Dominion would be] great news for Virginia. ... the best location for the DHS to help protect the safety of all Americans.

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What's offensive to me is that he (Kaine) would not have put Adolf Hitler to death. He killed 6 million Jews.

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He simply could have said, `Yes, I could have sentenced or upheld a judge's sentence to put Hitler to death.' Instead he said it was up to God to decide.

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If you couple that with the fact that we are seeing record profits by the oil companies, ... there are questions being raised by our constituents across America wondering how such a situation could exist.

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He indicated it was a very difficult decision and stressed the pragmatic nature of what the Israeli army is trying to do by consolidating its resources. I don't think there was any unrealistic sense of optimism because the Palestinians have done nothing to combat terrorism.

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