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It's a sunny morning and the city centre is bustling with people. A lot of traffic here around this square and shops are busy. A lot of people here.

Today marks 10 years since a local couple vanished without a trace, and despite a decade since their disappearance, today their relatives made an emotional plea for new information.

It has been 11 years to the day since Danielle Imbo. Believe it or not, today marks 12 years since Danielle Imbo and Richard Patron Jr. first went missing.

You had heard anything about members of the cabinet who weren't happy with the way things were going? And if so, what are you doing to address those, any dissatisfaction?

The event Whitman's office held today was called Mobile Office Hours. Congressman Whitman wasn't in attendance, nor was he ever scheduled to be. However, that didn't stop his constituents from giving his staff an earful. From angry chants.

And even tears. Constituents from across the first congressional district filed into a Midlothian American Legion post on Wednesday. That's where Republican Congressman Rob Whitman's office was holding what his team calls mobile office hours.

His constituents saying they're concerned about the GOP budget resolution, which Whitman voted for on Tuesday, that some, including the mother of a child with lung disease, believe could lead to massive cuts to Medicaid.

Plus cuts to other key social services like SNAP benefits.

Constituents also upset with President Donald Trump's firing of thousands of federal workers, like Chesterfield resident Ebony Turner. She says she was fired from the IRS last week.

Whitman's office turned down our interview request to address his constituents' concerns. But in a statement, the congressman said while he believes, quote, enhancing government efficiency is important, he believes that goal should be, quote, pursued with greater compassion. On potential cuts to social services, Whitman repeatedly didn't address our specific questions.