Valley residents hit the road on their way to Capitol Hill Thursday morning to protest health care reform legislation.

Two full buses took off from Staunton in support of Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann's call to unite and protest at noon. She says the group will walk through the halls of the Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings and demand that members of Congress not pass health care legislation.

Marvin Weaver says it was a spontaneous decision, but it was a trip that had to be made.

He says, "We definitely have got a problem with our health care in this country, there's no doubt about it. The costs are out of control. It is not hard to identify problems, what is hard to get at is the solutions because people will not allow us to get at the solutions."

President Barack Obama will visit Capitol Hill Friday in an effort to persuade lawmakers to support health care reform. The overhaul proposal could go to the House floor for a vote Saturday.