Tom Garrett

I sat in a closed session briefing probably two months ago about Charlottesville with the director of the The FBI, amongst others, and asked if Russian inter-meddling had to do with fomenting the flames of what happened in Charlottesville. I was told yes, it did.

Any person – Republican, Democrat or independent—who has known me for any period of time and has any integrity knows two things: I am a good man and I’m an alcoholic, this is the hardest statement that I have ever publicly made by far. It’s also the truth.

There is no way in heck that I’m not going to be back here in 2019 as a member of the Congress representing the 5th District of Virginia, too darn much is at stake.

Yesterday, in frustration I said,' I don't know if I want to do this anymore,' but in the last 24 hours I have taken the time to think and pray a lot.

I am asking for your help to bring the pressure to bare to get the people at DHS and at USCIS to create a circumstance where this child... can live in this country with the only family member she knows and the only family she knows.

I will tell you that there is no way in heck that I am not going to back here in Congress representing the 5th district of Virginia because too much is at stake.