I am proud of Rob Wittman and his voting record. The uninformed need to contact his office to learn before they write letters to the newspaper.

Rep. Wittman, like the rest of us, thinks that health care needs reform. He just wants to take a methodological approach to a massive problem.

The Democrats have put together a bill that is thousands of pages long and then given their counterparts only days to read and understand it before putting it to a vote. Rep. Wittman's plan is to attack the problem by dividing and conquering, piece by piece.

Rather than pushing through a massive document and rushing to spend another trillion dollars of our children's and grandchildren's money, why not divide the problem into chunks that can be analyzed, debated, and voted on logically?

Let's start with tort reform (the reason medicine is so expensive to begin with). Tort lawyers make millions in malpractice suits. This in turn drives up insurance, which is in turn passed to the American public. If tort laws were capped, that would allow insurance to drop, which would in turn allow doctors to lower their costs.

If you want to learn more about what our congressman is doing in Washington, visit his Web site and get involved, like I did. Call or visit his offices, either in Washington or Fredericksburg, instead of armchair quarterbacking his decisions.

Put democracy into practice while we still have some left.

David A. Rababy

Spotsylvania