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Frank Wolf
census to include more conservative precincts outside of his original, and moderate, home base of Arlington and Fairfax counties.
One thing Wolf definitely feels — both personally and through his constituents — is the congestion that often leaves the region’s transportation network paralyzed.
Depending on traffic conditions, Wolf said his own commute from Vienna into the District can vary from 40 to 70 minutes, and his office fields countless constituent calls decrying back-ups that hit Loudoun, Fauquier and Fairfax alike.
His reluctance to go after pork notwithstanding, Wolf has managed to bring home a laundry list of projects at least partially funded by federal dollars.
The Democratic candidate in the 10th District, Cornell Brooks, has questioned why the region continues to face gridlock in light of Wolfs influential position on federal transportation matters.
Wolf has an answer:
“Imagine if Mr. Wolf wasn’t there,” he said. “If Mr. Wolf wasn’t there, Metro wouldn’t be finished. If Mr. Wolf wasn’t there, you wouldn’t have the lanes outside the beltway on I66. If Mr. Wolf Wasn’t there you wouldn’t have the G.W. Parkway changes, you wouldn’t have the Spout Run changes, you wouldn’t have the additional lanes on the [Theodore Roosevelt] Bridge.”
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