Well, these first six months as your Delegate in Richmond certainly have been interesting. Shortly after being sworn into office in January, I got an up close and personal opportunity to witness: • A State of the Commonwealth address delivered by an outgoing Governor about to be indicted. • The […]

Notwithstanding the title of my monthly column, I’d like to use the better part of this month’s Richmond Report to tell you a little bit about the role of your Delegate when the General Assembly is not in session. Of course, technically the General Assembly is still in Session – […]

The 2014 General Assembly session, my first as a member of the House of Delegates, adjourned on Saturday. We will reconvene in a special session to finish the budget on March 24, 2014. Although I entered this first session with no seniority and as a member of a body where […]

Every session of the General Assembly certain themes rise to the surface. As we near the half-way point of the 2014 Session, it is clear that one of this year’s themes is whether Virginia will accept billions of dollars in federal funds to close the health coverage gap. Not accepting […]

If history is an indication, fewer than 50 percent of registered voters will turn out to vote in the 2013 General Election to pick a new Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and member of the House of Delegates. And that’s a shame, because there is a lot at stake in […]