Sun, 13 Mar 2022
Friends, the 2022 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly adjourned sine die yesterday. House Republicans came into this session focused on addressing the issues most impacting Virginians. While House Republicans were successful in many areas, the Commonwealth's biennial budget remains unfinished due to the Senate Democrats inability to come to an agreement.
We have a constitutionally mandated responsibility to pass a budget to fund the government, but just like most things in our constitution, Democrats just do not care.
The Republican budget provides relief that Virginians desperately need amid the stresses of inflation, high gas prices, and a possible recession on the horizon.
But the Democrats refuse.
The reason is simple. Democrats want to force a special session which would give them an opportunity to kill any recess appointments made by Governor Youngkin.
Democrats would put tax relief, school funding, and other priorities on hold just to ensure that the Governor can't appoint judges or members of several boards. This is unconscionable, but not unsurprising.
We hope Democrats will put the gamesmanship aside soon and come back to the table.
Governor Youngkin sign[ed] my bill, HB 40, into law. This law authorizes a disabled veteran special license plate issued to a disabled veteran to be transferred, upon his death, to his un-remarried surviving spouse.
The Democrat machine in Richmond continued their streak of being simply unreasonable, refusing to allow for forward-thinking policies like school choice.
They consistently pushed back against our policies to make schools better for all Virginians. They consistently tout the successful public schools in wealthy parts of the Commonwealth but refuse access to schools of the same quality to all students.
The fight for school choice will be back and it will remain a top priority of mine.
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