Politics / Tom Perriello Dem Rep's Brother Has Propane Gas Line Cut FBI investigates incident in Virginia By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Mar 24, 2010 1:10 PM CDT Copied Congressman Tom Perriello, D-Va., gestures during a town hall meeting on Health Care at the Fluvanna Middle School in Fork Union, Va., Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Things continue to get nasty for lawmakers who backed health care reform. Someone apparently cut a propane gas line outside the home of the brother of a Democratic congressman in Virginia. The FBI tells Politico it is investigating. The incident occurred near Charlottesville at the home of Thomas Perriello's brother; a tea party activist published the address online, thinking it belonged to the congressman. (More Tom Perriello stories.) Report an error