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Session Update 6: The End of Crossover
Dear Friends, As I wrote in my last report to you, this week was “Crossover” in the General Assembly. All the bills that were debated and passed in the House have gone over to the Senate and vice-versa. Although we now have significantly less bills on our docket, there is still much work to be [...]
Governor’s Office: Commonwealth Posts 3.4 Percent Revenue Growth in January
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that January revenue collections rose 3.4 percent over the prior year. Calendar abnormalities cloud the picture between December and January revenue collections, but all major sources except recordation and insurance premium taxes contributed to January’s growth. The increase for January turns around a decline in revenues reported in [...]
Session Update 5: Two Minute Warning, First Half
Believe it or not, we are almost at the midpoint of the 2012 General Assembly Session which is also known as “Crossover”. Crossover is the point where each chamber of the General Assembly has to complete its work with the bills that were introduced in that body and send them over to the “other [...]
Session Update 4: Busy!!!
This was one of those weeks you look back and it is a blur, for both me and my assistant Andrew. Here are a few highlights: Sunday Hunting: As you may have heard, the several bills in the House, including mine, that would have repealed the ban on Sunday hunting we’re “tabled”. We just [...]
Session Update 2: A Busy First Full Week
Dear Patriots, So, we’re off and running and I am as busy as ever. My role on the Appropriations Committee keeps me very busy. I held my first meeting of the Capital Outlay Committee that has oversight of Virginia’s debt as it relates to capital construction for things like roads and buildings on University campuses, [...]
Governor McDonnell Announces Military and Veterans Legislative Agenda for 2012 General Assembly Session
Governor McDonnell Announces Military and Veterans Legislative Agenda for 2012 General Assembly Session – ~Measures will ensure in-state tuition for all members of the Virginia National Guard; improve delivery of benefits; address veteran homelessness – RICHMOND – In an address to the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service Organizations, and joined by veteran and Virginia [...]
Shepherds
Dear Friends, I hope you will all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. These are Blessed Holidays and in my faith, Christianity, we are reminded of the tremendous gift we received from God in the birth of His Son, Jesus. Just think, for a moment, what it must have been like to [...]
Thanksgiving 2011: Scott’s Thoughts and Prayer
Thanksgiving is our family’s favorite holiday. For a lot of reasons, we are thankful. Shelley and I have each other, 31 years, and believe me, I got the bigger blessing in that deal. We also have three great kids, Amy, John, and Paul, and of course Sonny, our yellow lab who would lick a burglar [...]
Consequences
I will try to keep this to the point, because I really want you to take a minute to read this. As I have gone door-to-door, thousands of doors this year, it is not uncommon for people to say to me, “I’m happy with Virginia, but what are you going to do about Washington?” Most [...]
Footage from the All American Campaign Kick-Off with Chris Plante and former Governor George Allen
Here is some footage from our All American Campaign Kick Off back in August. We had over 140 folks come out in the middle of a hurricane to support my campaign and hear our great speakers, Chris Plante and former Governor George Allen. Thank you to everyone that came out and made this a great [...]