American politician in Virginia (born 1969)
Robert Hurt (born 16 June 1969) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district from 2011 to 2017, where he served on the Financial Services Committee as Vice-Chair of the Capital Markets Subcommittee and Vice-Chair of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee. After 16 years in public office, Hurt stepped down from Congress in January 2017 and was invited to Liberty University to serve as vice-president and founding Director of Liberty's Center for Law and Government. In 2019, Hurt was asked to serve and currently serves as the Dean of the Helms School of Government at Liberty University.
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