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B
B
All
right
good,
so
you
can
direct
questions
to
Katie
if
needed,
and
she
will
contribute
to
the
conversation
as
well.
This
is
an
annual
event.
We
really
look
forward
to
this
because
so
much
goes
on
down
in
Richmond.
That
affects
what
we
do
and
and
and
our
community
at
large,
and
we
so
admire
the
work
that
you
guys
do
on
our
behalf
and
really
appreciate
the
close
working
relationship.
B
You
have
your
your
issues
of
interest
and
you
know
how
it
works
down
there
at
the
same
time,
you're
always
open
to
and
and
available
to
us
as
issues
surface
here
in
the
community
that
we
need
to
strategize
with
you
about
how
and
if
we
can
make
progress
in
Richmond
that
helps
us
on
the
ground
here
in
Arlington
the
way
I'd
like
to
go
through
this
is
you
know
recognizing
that
the
five
of
you
are
here?
Oh,
let
me
also
recognize
the
delegate
hope
another
member
of
our
delegation
was
not
able.
B
B
What
of
those
priorities,
how
they
relate
to
Arlington
and
in
particular,
but
what
I
thought
would
be
helpful
if
this
is
okay
with
you
is
to
start
out,
and
we
may
not
even
need
the
first
half
of
the
meeting
and
we
want
to
leave
a
substantial
portion
to
get
your
thoughts
on
your
own
initiatives
and
your
your
own
views
of
the
legislature,
but
we'd
like
to
start
out
and
walk
through
we've
divided
up
our
legislative
package.
You've
gotten
this
in
advance,
we're
not
going
to
speak
to
each
of
these
items.
B
That
is
not
the
purpose,
but
we've
divided
it
about
up
among
the
board
members
that
are
here
with
us
today
to
actually
highlight
one
item,
maybe
two
in
their
area
when
we
get
through
one
of
those
areas
we'll
see
if
there
any
particular
questions,
entertain
them
at
the
time
and
walk
through
the
package
again
just
highlighting,
because
this
is
there
for
you.
If
you
have
questions
on
things,
now's
a
great
time
or
follow
up
through
Pat
Carroll
are
very
capable
legislative
liaison
in
Richmond
and
that's
the
way
I
was
intending
to
do
this.
B
D
I'd
also
like
to
point
out
that
this
is
a
cardinal
tenant
of
Vaiko
Bakos
platform,
where
I'm
sit
on
the
board
of
directors
arthur
the
third
item:
underfinanced,
the
t,
OT
tax
for
travel
and
tourism
promotion,
there's
a
reason
why
arlington
is
the
number-one
tourist
destination
in
the
commonwealth,
and
this
is
one
of
the
big
reasons
and
we
look
forward
to
renewal
with
no
sunset
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman
yeah.
D
E
A
Was
just
curious,
the
the
the
reason
I'm
asking
is
that
this
is
something
that
comes
up
in
a
lot
of
other
bills.
It
was
used
in
the
transportation,
23
2013
transportation
package
as
a
way
to
you
know,
get
revenue,
and
so
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
have
as
much
information
on
this
as
possible,
because
this,
if
we
got
this
done,
it
would
be
amazing
for
the
Commonwealth
and
for
the
country
right.
B
A
B
F
The
I
think
the
biggest
problem
with
this
is
actually
the
federal
level,
but
with
good
leaving
as
chairman
of
the
committee.
That's
bottled
it
up
all
these
years.
I
think
we
have
a
better
chance,
and
also
just
so,
you
know
in
the
Senate.
The
biggest
supporter
of
this
is
the
co-chair
of
Finance.
Emmett
hanger
is
been
after
this
for
a
good
dozen
years.
That's
great
mr.
G
Week
periodically,
though,
have
business
interests
that
have
been
opposing
this
pretty
effectively
so
we're
gonna.
We
have
a
different
composition.
We
have
more
ammunition
this
year,
so
you
know,
and
it's
just
a
considerable
amount
of
money
for
the
state.
I
can't
remember
the
amount
I
want
to
say:
30
million
30
million.
It's
a
big
number
I
mean
it's
not.
F
H
On
the
Senate,
both
sides
I
mean
I.
Just
the
effect
on
our
tax
base
could
be
I
won't
use
any
word
because
it
might
get
picked
up
for
being
too
extreme,
but
it
could
be
really
very,
very
serious,
as
I
think
I'd
like
to
have
us
discuss
that
a
little
bit
later
at
any
thinking
the
legislature
might
be
having,
because
that
could
affect
a
lot
of
what
goes
on
here.
We.
I
A
H
Say
in
the
paper
when
I
read,
everything
is
about
who's
gonna.
What
what
individuals
in
what
tax
brackets
are
gonna,
lose
money
and
gain
money
and
very
little.
Finally,
there's
a
piece
of
New
York
Times
yesterday
very
little
about
what
this
is
going
to
do
to
the
tax
bases
for
municipalities.
Does
it
mean
the
ones
who
provide
all
the
services
that
keep
things
going
more.
H
F
E
G
B
On
to
the
next
item,
but
I
believe
you
all
had
a
retreat,
where
you
saw
some
information
on
finance
and
I.
Think
the
chart
we've
seen
a
copy
of
a
chart
that
the
map
that
shows
Northern
Virginia
could
contributing
to
the
state
coffers
Etta
well
over
fifty
percent
of
the
state
revenue.
So
that
was
a
very
helpful
map
to
sort
of
frame
a
lot
of
the
discussions,
including
the
next
one.
I'll
turn
to
mr.
Dorsey
for
transportation,
Thank.
J
You,
mr.
chairman,
thank
you
all
I
think
the
our
transit
agenda,
really,
our
transportation
agenda
can
really
be
divided
into
a
couple
of
big
buckets,
one
taking
care
to
remediates
things
that
were
left
unfixed
by
HB
2313.
So,
first
of
all,
the
regional
gas
tax
not
having
the
same
floors
we
have
on
the
statewide
level,
is
seriously
decimated.
Transit,
of
course,
dealing
with
the
upcoming
transit
fiscal
cliff
is
the
sort
of
backbone
to
everything
that
we
want
to
do.
J
But
then,
of
course,
there
are
new
initiatives
that
are
incredibly
important,
not
the
least
of
which
is
metro
funding,
which
we
are
pleased
to
hear
is
the
only
be
addressed
some
degree,
even
though
we
don't
know
the
details
and
the
governor's
last
budget,
the
outgoing
governor's
last
budget,
but
this
is
just
a
preeminent
importance
to
us
figuring
out
how
to
get
at
least
125
million
in
new
revenue
to
support
Metro.
You
know
this
is
something
that
a
lot
of
work
has
been
done
to
show.
J
This
is
not
just
Northern
Virginia
giveaway
that
this
is
something
that
returns
a
lot
of
value
to
the
Commonwealth.
We've
got
some
hard
numbers
to
that
effect,
so
this
is
just
an
open,
open
expression
of
our
willingness
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
help
educate
your
colleagues
in
Richmond
about
the
importance
and
really
how
they
stand
to
benefit.
J
If
we're
able
to
deal
with
these
issues-
and
you
know,
we
have
some
long-standing
sort
of
value
priorities
and
they
include
things
like
providing
an
opportunity
for
non-citizens
to
safely
operate
motor
vehicles
on
our
roadways
so
that
we
make
their
opportunities
for
work
much
safer
and
also
make
our
community
safer
and
then
anything
that
you
all
can
do
to
support
us
in
our
efforts
to
see
that
we
have
the
ability
to
locally
control.
The
naming
of
our
roadways
will
be
very
much
appreciated.
H
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
yeah
senator
Evan
and
I
had
a
talk
at
NV
t
sea
about
how
there
had
been
a
tour
for
delegates
and
Senators
some
years
back
to
come
up
here
and
check
out
Metro
and
whatever
in
you
and
I
had
talked
a
little
bit
about
how
I
think
you
thought
that
might
be
a
good
idea
to
do
again.
I
wonder
if
you
want
to
talk
about
that
a
little
bit.
K
H
No
I
I
was
I
was
thinking
next
year.
I
happened
when
we
were
at
mr.
Vyse
that
and
I
were
at
Vaiko.
The
homestead
and
I
happen
to
spend
some
time
with
Senate
senator
hanger
and
talking
a
bit
and
he
sort
of
said
you
know,
I,
don't
know
much
about
about
Metro
I'd
be
interested
in
learning
more
so
I
would
really
like
to
find
us
a
way
to
sort
of
take
him
up
on
that
and
maybe
bring
along
some
folks,
because
I
think
that
could
be
really
if.
K
I
mention
also
senator
for
volas
on
the
Transportation
Committee
I.
Don't
have
to
run
the
Joint
Commission,
but
we
should
talk
about
and
the
way
to
do
that
would
be
to
have
MVP
see
first
ascertain
that
they
would
put
that
on
and
then
have
them
make
contact
with
the
chairman
of
the
House,
the
Senate
transportation
committees
and
the
Joint
Commission
on
transportation
involvement.
E
Twice
in
my
lifetime
with
the
county,
which
is
13
years
lucky
13
years-
and
it
was
organized
by
M,
V,
T
C
both
times
and
the
members
of
both
transportation
committees
were
invited,
it
just
happens.
The
reason
why
you
think
of
it
was
part
of
a
CTA
is
because
Joe
make
chaired
both
that
and
the
House
Transportation
Committee.
He.
G
B
Think
having
Kip
Mateus
at
NB
TC
take
the
lead
and
working
out
in
the
offseason.
The
only
piece
of
advice,
I
have
is
don't
organize
it
around
the
traffic
organize
it
to
both
through
the
traffic
people
need
to
experience
it,
because
if
you
get
them
here-
and
you
say,
oh
we're
gonna
go
on
all
these
odd
times.
So
no,
but
nothing
slowed
down.
You've
defeated
your
purpose.
You
want
to
see
the
everyday
experience.
J
Chairman,
if
I
may,
I
fully
support
and
love
to
be
involved
with
as
many
of
these
cultivating
activities
I
do
want
to
just
underscore.
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't.
The
Metro
need
is
immediate.
Yes,
it's
this
upcoming
year,
and
so
you
know
if
we
can
supplement
that
with
whatever
strategies
you
all
advise
to
make
sure
we
get
in
front
of
as
many
people
as
possible.
We're
ready
to
do.
Mr.
J
Done
mr.
Lavine
is
a
delegate
Lavine,
as
the
NBT
seen
has
has
done
a
study
and
it's
conservatively
looked
at
the
number
of
households
and
jobs
that
have
been
supported
by
land
use
policies
associated
with
Metro
and
VRE
presence
in
Northern
Virginia
and
is
conservatively
estimated
that
that
returns
to
the
Commonwealth
six
hundred
million
dollars
in
annual
income
and
sales
tax
revenue,
which
accounts
for
a
two
hundred
and
fifty
percent
return
on
investment
dollars.
H
F
J
B
B
D
The
only
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
when
you're
talking
about
you
know
bridging
relationships
with
with
the
with
your
counterparts
downstate
at
Vaco
at
the
annual
board
meeting
this
year
at
the
board,
which
included
myself
and
jeff
Mackay,
who
really
took
the
spearhead
on
this.
For
the
first
time,
we
have
language
in
the
state
vehicle
platform
endorsing
dedicated
funding
for
Metro,
and
that
was
big,
and
it
was
because
of
the
cooperation
from
folks
who
don't
use
it
on
a
daily
basis,
who
finally
understand
the
benefit
of
it.
Yeah.
H
And
I'd
like
to
thank
mr.
Vyse
staff
for
doing
that.
We
really
had
some
good
moments
where
we
realized
stay
and
hit.
There
may
be
different
transportation
issues,
but
we
all
have
transportation
issues
and
their
real
sense
of
cooperation,
which
I
think
is
important
and
I
just
want
to
say.
Oh,
that
the
idea
that
senator
Evan
brought
up
to
me-
and
we
discussed-
and
after
my
my
time
with
the
senator
hanger
I
I-
did
contact
Kate
Matisse
at
MATC
and
copy
Jeff,
McKay
and
I
think
they're
kind
of
talking
about
it
and
absolutely
I'm
thinking.
F
B
Not
to
miss
the
main
point
here,
which
really
is
these
first
couple
of
items
really
all
three
and
metros
high
on
your
agenda.
It's
on
everyone's
agenda,
an
awareness
level,
the
second
to
probably
on
yours
and
not
everybody
else's,
which
is
the
regional
gas
tax
revenue
floor
and
the
transit
cliff.
It
is
possible,
we
don't
know,
but
the
governor
has
made
a
commitment
to
the
current
governor
to
come
forward
with
something
in
his
budget
that
addresses
Metro.
Maybe
it
will
address
some
of
the
rest
of
this,
but
really
for
Northern
Virginia,
not
just
Arlington.
B
A
Would
the
impact
be
on
transit
funding
it
with
with
this
I
mean
like
right
now
we're
thinking
that
this
is
desperately
needed
to
make
sure
we
maintain
transit
funds
in
Northern,
Virginia
and
specifically
in
Orleans
and
in
Fairfax?
What
kind
of
effect
is
that?
Are
we
seeing
if
it
we
don't
get
this
well.
J
You
know
the
exact
number
is
going
to
escape
me
the
amount
of
revenue
that
we
have
seen
diminished,
but
it's
in
the
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
that
we
are
concerned
with
there,
so
that
automatically
provides
a
way
for
the
Commonwealth
to
you
know
meet
its
current
level
of
obligations
for
Metro
before
even
speak
to
the
new.
It's.
B
J
Absolutely
and
then
the
fiscal
cliff
is
just
well.
It's
catastrophic
I
mean
there's
no
way
that
the
Commonwealth
can
meet
its
current
metro
obligations
without
addressing
that.
So
it
effectively
means
that
for
Northern
Virginia
without
addressing
these,
it
puts
into
jeopardy
the
state's
ability
to
match
its
federally
obligated
Priya
match
and
then
doesn't
speak
to
the
ability
for
the
Commonwealth,
for
it
all
to
participate
in
new
Metro
funding.
So
clearly
the
governor
is
gonna
have
to
look
to
these
as
part
of
his
overall
approach
for
next
year.
G
I
just
have
a
comment
on
you
know
the
importance
of
your
request.
If
you
can,
can
you
please
work
with
the
Northern
Virginia
groups,
including
the
chamber
and
others,
because
we
really
need
a
united
voice
on
this?
We
can't
afford
to
have
the
Northern
Virginia
Chamber
come
in.
They
say
in
opposition
to
a
strategy
you
may
like
at
first
we
have
to
see
what
the
governor
is
going
to
do
so
to
the
degree
we
can
live
with,
what
the
governor
proposes,
maybe
tweak
it
and
get
everybody
on
the
same
page.
C
I
wanted
to
comment
briefly
by
phone,
so
I
largely
think.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
in
my
capacity
as
co-chair
of
the
Northern
Virginia
Transportation
misses
legislative
committee
and
the
chair
of
responsibilities
constituted
legislative
committee
for
the
Virginia
Railway
Express
and
just
underscore
the
expense
which
that
ongoing
strategies,
then
that
Senator
Koehler
the
saluted
the
collaboration
partners
before.
C
H
C
H
H
Dorsey,
like
we
had
explained
to
him
that
in
Virginia
it's
just
the
localities
with
Metro
that
cover
the
cost,
whereas
in
Maryland
it's
the
entire
state
and
the
federal
government's
got
the
entire
federal
government
and
DC
has
got
so
I,
don't
think
he
was
really
totally
aware
and
if
he
it's
not
totally
where
I
would
assume
your
colleagues
around
the
state,
so
they
may
think
what
are
they
complaining
about?
This
is
the
way
it's
done.
H
L
Of
Transportation,
just
on
the
issue
of
the
regional
gas
tax
revenue
floor,
that's
a
bill.
That's
passed,
the
Senate
twice
I
have
introduced
it
twice
in
the
house.
It
has
died
twice
in
the
house.
We
have
some
new
membership
in
the
house,
whether
we
have
49,
50
or
51.
If
we
have
51
I'm
confident
this
will
pass.
I
do
think
we
have
a
better
chance
and
I
will
be
reintroducing
it
again
and
if
folks
want
to
give
me
any
guidance
on
it
or
different
sweeteners.
A
B
And
we're
all
waiting
with
bated
breath
on
the
governor's
proposed
budget,
because
the
because
Governor
McAuliffe
governor
McAuliffe
has
the
governor
McAuliffe's,
has
committed
to
putting
what
on
the
metro
piece
dedicated
funding
for
metro
and
he's
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
figure
out.
How
he's
going
to
do
it?
How
much
of
it
is
new
funding?
How
much
of
it
is
existing
funding?
It
wouldn't
be
surprised
if
he
also
attempts
to
carve
out
and
come
in
a
combined
weight
deal
with
this
issue
as
well
and
and
the
business
side
you
can
get.
B
The
business
community
is
completely
on
board
with
the
Metro
funding
they're.
All
in
fact,
as
frustrated
as
many
are,
that
there
hasn't
really
been
one
funding
package,
put
forward
that
there's
still
flexibility
being
provided
essentially
to
Virginia
Maryland
DC
at
this
point.
But
Governor
McAuliffe
has
a
very
unique
opportunity,
being
the
first
one
out
of
the
box,
conceivably
to
actually
craft
and
frame
what
that
package,
at
least
from
Virginia
Meili.
A
A
We're
gonna
have
one
bill
this
year
after
communicating
with
all
the
various
immigrant
rights
groups,
and
the
idea
will
be
that
it'll
be
the
comprehensive
approach
for
undocumented
licensing,
but
then
it'll
be
based
on
the
work
group
that
came
out
last
year
and
they'll
be
basically
the
old
Villanueva
block
some
bill,
but
they'll
there
will
be
opportunities
if
we
need
to
pare
it
down
to
just
address
TPS
and
just
address
some
of
the
the
doughnut
hole
issues
and
so
I
think
you
will
see
some
movement
on
that
this
year.
Obviously,.
B
H
A
bit
I'm,
assuming
which
I
really
hadn't,
checked
with
Pat
that
this
is
the
same.
We
do
the
same
issues
that
the
school
board
has
in
their
their
package,
so
yeah
it
is
and
I
think
the
one
I
want
to
what
I
want
to
say.
These
sort
of
these
have
been
kind
of
on
the
legislative
package
since
I
joined
the
school
board
back
in
1996.
So
not
much
has
changed.
It's
all
he's
about
funding,
however,
when
I
was
at
Vaco
I
heard
some
talk,
particularly
from
senator
hanger
and
I.
H
C
H
B
H
G
K
D
General
government
d2
unfunded
mandates
obviously
opposed
any
mandates
from
the
Commonwealth
that
are
not
fully
funded,
including
additional
administrative
burdens
on
local
governments.
Here
again,
this
is
a
platform
plank
of
a
CO
and
and
miss
crystal
I.
Imagine
that's
also
the
case
with
vml,
on
whose
board
you
set.
C
D
You
and
then
finally,
nonpartisan
redistricting.
We
support
D
politicizing,
the
redrawing
of
congressional
and
state
legislative
district
boundaries.
We
don't
have
County
Board
boundaries
in
Arlington,
which
I
think
is
a
good
thing.
Obviously,
I
think
we
want
all
want
as
many
fair
fight
districts
as
possible.
Both
parties
engage
in
this
practice.
Just
look
across
the
river
in
Maryland
as
to
how
the
other
parties
done
it
so
love
to
see
this
and
I'm
just
curious.
If
any
of
you
have
thoughts
as
to
what
the
mechanism
would
be,
would
it
be?
D
B
M
M
I've
already
put
in
a
couple
pieces
of
legislation,
I'll
be
shocked
if
there
are
more
senator
Howells,
wonderful
on
this
issue
and
her
bill
passes
every
year,
and
then
it
comes
to
a
screeching
halt
when
it
gets
to
our
side.
So
it's
gonna
come
back
and
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
push
hard
on
there.
A
couple
different
models
out
there,
all
right,
no,
the
most
effective
ones,
I
think
the
ones
we're
gonna
push
will
be
constitutional
amendments,
and
this
is
technically
you
know.
G
There's
it
will.
G
L
G
D
D
Just
two
items:
land-use
policies:
again
this
has
been
a
big
issue
at
Vaco.
Local
government
wants
control.
We
want
control
of
our
own
planning,
zoning
and
land
use
regulations,
the
Housing
Trust
Funds.
We
support
a
permanent
source
of
funds
for
the
state,
Housing,
Trust,
Fund
and
and
delegate
Lopez
I
know
this
has
been
a
strong
concern
for
you
any
particular
comments
offhand.
A
F
F
A
Lines
though,
it's
important
to
understand
that,
with
the
the
the
the
kind
of
mechanism
that
we
would
have
in
place,
it
would
allow
for
the
fact
that
it
would
be
the
dedicated
source
of
revenue
would
only
be
allocated
in
years
that
we
had
at
least
a
250
million
dollar
a
budget
surplus,
and
so
there's
the
trigger,
and
that
the
trigger
would
only
be
the
thing
and
so
I
always
find
it
fascinating.
That
people
neglect
to
remember
that
part.
If.
B
J
Me
so
just
a
few
things
that
I'll
highlight
one
voting
access.
As
recent
elections
have
made
clear.
There
is
always
work
to
do
to
make
sure
that
you
know
people's
ability
to
cast
cast
a
ballot
cast
the
right
ballot
is
maintained.
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we.
We
safeguard
any
efforts
to
reduce
access
to
voting
we'd
like
to
to
sort
of
offer
a
new
priority,
and
that
is
to
expand
in-person
absentee
voting
by
enacting
knowing
no
excuse
in-person
absentee
voting.
J
It's
obviously
even
very
important
in
driving
up
voter
turnout
in
in
Northern,
Virginia
and
I.
Think
it's
because
in
areas
like
Arlington,
where
we
have
a
high
transient
population
population
that
often
works
non-traditional
jobs
doesn't
really
fit
the
whole
notion
of
one
day
a
year
voting
and
we've
seen
such
a
huge
take
up
on
that.
J
We
think
to
reduce
barriers,
even
further
enacting,
no
excuse,
in-person
absentee,
would
be
a
tremendous
thing,
and
then
we
maintain
the
priorities
that
I
know
were
very
dear
to
to
you
all
about
ensuring
that
all
high
school
students
are
able
to
pursue
advanced
education,
in-state
rates
regardless
of
immigration
status,
and
that
we
support
any
and
all
efforts
to
oppose,
requiring
localities
to
participate
in
the
federal
function
of
immigration
enforcement.
Right.
A
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
aren't
going
to
be
coming
in
and
saying
hey
you're
under,
are
you
undocumented
or
having
some
ability
to
say
you're
undocumented,
then,
because
of
the
current
national
ice
procedures?
Saying?
Well,
that's
a
presumption
on
detain
you!
It's
important
that
that
not
be
the
case
in
the
Commonwealth
Virginia
agreed.
M
It's
a
mr.chairman
thing
I
just
wanted
to
on
the
voting
issues
you
raised.
Mr.
Dorsey,
everyone
wants
to
know,
you
know,
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
house
and
what
are
the
committee's
going
to
look
like
and
it's
going
to
be
a
huge
factor
in
what
happens,
but
I
was
congenitally
glass,
half-full
kind
of
guy
I
actually
think
this
is
the
year
for
no
excuse
early
absentee
voting.
I
think
we
can
get
there.
M
Frankly,
I
think
the
market
has
spoken
right.
You
know
the
voting
market
has
spoken
and
there's
another
angle
on
this
I'm,
using
with
some
with
some
experts.
I
actually
think
that
this
won't
immunize
us,
but
it
will
help
us
address
concerns
over
the
integrity
of
the
election,
hacking
issues.
You
know
if
it's
all
compressed
onto
a
two
onto
a
Tuesday
that
makes
it
even
that
much
harder
to
secure
our
system.
So
there
are
other
arguments
that
frankly,
we
haven't
tried
yet
that
I
think
they
carry
the
day.
I
know
I've
already
introduced
the
bill.
F
A
B
B
L
I
have
another
issue:
that's
civil
rights,
I
will
again
introduce,
and
this
year
I
think
we're
gonna
pass
a
comprehensive
anti
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
bill
in
Virginia
for
employment,
housing
and
public
accommodations
tried
it
for
two
years
this
year,
I
I
think
we
can
get
it.
I
really
do
we'll
see.
Mr.
K
Chairman
that,
just
to
walk
back
to
the
voting
issues,
first
I've
spoke
with
your
registrar
as
well
as
the
register
in
Alexandria
and
the
Northern
Virginia
Association
electoral
boards,
whose
meeting
I
attended
this
summer
and
got
a
lot
of
good
ideas
for
smaller
fixes,
also
been
working
on.
The
no
excuse
absentee
voting,
particularly
and
and
also
sixty
five-plus,
absentee
voting,
was
told
by
the
ACLU
that
they'll
oppose
all
of
these,
except
for
no
excuse
as
a
blanket,
but
I
have
a
concern
about
funding
for
voting
and
funding
reimbursement
to
local
registrars.
K
K
B
Ever
first,
let
me
thank
you
for
for
asking
about
that,
because
Linda
Lindbergh
I
think
everyone
that
this
table
believes
does
a
terrific
job,
she's
well
respected,
not
only
here
but
across
the
state.
So
she
is
an
incredible
resource.
I
know
multiple
times,
we've
seen
things
come
into
the
county
board
where
appropriate.
We
forward
him
on
and
within
a
day.
She
does
an
amazingly
comprehensive
response.
That's
very
useful!
So
please
take
advantage
of
her
and
Pat
wall
will
assist.
I
had.
H
A
question
on
the
voting
I
I
have
heard
that
and
I
think
2016
they're,
pretty
sure
our
Virginia
rolls
were
hacked
and
it's
the
not
it's
a
whole
rolls
yeah
the
voting
voting
right,
which
is
again
and
I'm
sure
you're
using
it.
Why,
if
you
have
bail
out
early
roading,
people
can
find
out
hey
wait
a
minute
that
initial
is
wrong
or
whatever,
and
they
have
time
to
fix
it.
I
assume,
that's
part
of
the
part
of
the
issue.
L
So,
just
for
the
record
on
that
issue,
because
I
attended
an
election
in
CSL
in
Williamsburg
there.
Actually,
some
forty
eight
states
have
been
at
least
they've
attempted
to
get
into
what
they
said
is
only
in
two
states,
neither
which
were
Virginia
were
they
actually
able
to
modify
anything
so
hacked
means
they
got
in,
but
they
couldn't
at
least
they
were
convinced.
The
experts
that
they
hadn't
changed.
Anything
in
Virginia,
even.
H
L
H
L
H
It
occurred
to
me
looking
at
the
jail
diversion
efforts
and
all
of
the
attention
on
the
opioid
epidemic.
I
have
been
amazed,
reading
about
very
conservative
rural
areas,
talking
about
the
need
for
diversion
and
actually
making
people
but
get
better,
and
it's
it's
the
estimate.
Maybe
this
is
a
year
to
get
this
done
to,
and
we've
been
quite
successful.
I
know
are.
H
H
A
We're
fairly
good,
as
well
in
terms
of
citizens
in
Virginia
we're
fairly
good
nationally,
but
it's
still
fairly
high
yeah.
One
thing
also
to
keep
in
mind.
The
governor's
policy
committees
actually
are
15
now
this
year
and
they
actually
have
one
entire
committee
focused
entirely
on
opioid
issues.
That's
in
the
Commonwealth,
and
so
that's
actually
a
fairly
positive
step
forward.
Governor
elect
well.
H
I
think
our
governor-elect
is
uniquely
qualified
to
take
this
on.
It's
really.
It's
really
good
timing
and
then
I
did
want
to
mention
the
civil
unrest.
Briefly
I
had
talked
to
Pat
about
about
this,
and
she
informed
me
that
the
governor's
task
force
was
doing
things
so
not
to
put
in
specifics
personally,
apparently
wearing
masks
is
considered
illegal
and
a
demonstration
so
just
make
sure
that
how
we
get
that
enforced
but
I
guess
you
still
can't
carry
guns
when
you're
demonstrating
that's.
G
Little
narrower
than
delegates,
and
then
delegate
Levine's
it
would
prohibit,
allow
local
authorities
to
after
actually
craft
ordinances
to
prohibit
open
carry
so
I
was
very
I.
Crafted
my
narrowly
I
think
I
put
it
in
before
we
had
the
November
7th
elections
so
anyways,
it's
okay,
to
have
two
strategies
going
forward
in
the
General
Assembly
yeah.
It's
just.
It's
got
to
be
I
mean
watch
tonight,
but
mine
clearly
gives
local
governments
the
authority
to
thank.
B
Let's
see,
that
would
be
something
that
we'd
want
to
keep
abreast
of
in
these
next
year.
Energy
environment,
I
will
just
I
know.
The
Ruben
group
is
where
a
lot
of
the
conversation
occurs.
I
know
several
of
you.
Many
of
you
are
really
active
in
this
space
and
care
about
it.
This
list
and
and
we've
met
earlier
this
year
on
some
of
us
on
these
issues.
There
are
eight
items
here:
I'm
not
even
gonna,
highlight
one
over
the
other.
B
A
If
I
can
just
say
right
now
at
the
outset,
when
I
read
this,
this
is
the
best
in
an
energy
environment,
section
I've
ever
seen,
you
guys
do
and
honestly
all
of
this
is
on
the
table.
Every
single
one
of
these
are
things
that
we
will
have
legislation
on
this
year,
one
in
one
way
shape
or
form,
and
so
I
know
that
the
veer
caucus,
the
Virginia
environment,
Renewable,
Energy
caucus,
that's
bipartisan
and
I'm
co-chaired
with
Rip
Sullivan
will
be
taking
on
all
of
these
and
the
idea
of
getting
into
Reggie.
A
The
idea
of
you
know
the
Power
Purchase
Agreements
and
then
also
a
renewable
portfolio
standard
that
is
actually
mandatory
and
something
that
some
people
have
been
saying
30%
by
30
by
2030
is
a
good
way
to
go,
and
so
all
of
this
will
be
debated.
All
of
this
will
hopefully
be
acted
upon.
There's
a
lot
of
smaller
bills
that
we'll
get
into
the
weeds
on
about
hazardous
waste
sites.
Just
safe
drinking
water
pollution,
runoff
storm
want
to
run
off
and
then
AG
BMPs,
but
you
guys
have
hit
the
a
lot
of
very
strong
things.
B
Bit
my
sense
is
that
there
is
strong
support
within
the
Democratic
caucuses,
but
they're
not
perfect.
My
guess
is:
there
are
some
Republicans
to
who,
over
the
course
of
time,
like
mr.
Kilgore
at
one
point
put
something
forward
that
got
he
got
through
the
house
four
or
five
years
ago,
and
then
it
got
killed
in
the
Senate.
So
I
expect
that
you'll
you'll
be
able
to
find
a
handful
of
people
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle
any
you
might
lose
on
our
own
side
along
the
way,
so
miss
Garvey
and.
H
B
You
actually
that
that's
the
kind
of
thing
we'd
really
be,
so
we
have
some
real
talent,
as
we
do
in
almost
every
area
on
this
in
this
legislative
package,
but
we
got
some
folks
that
would
really
like
to
see
those
and
help
craft
them.
Make
sure
that
you
know
we've
had
our
input
into
it
if
you're
working
on
some
of
those
that
would
be
very
useful.
Assuming
you
have
the
time,
sometimes
you
don't,
but
that
would
be
great
easier.
B
H
I
H
Angle,
although
the
technology's-
not
quite
there
but
getting
close,
is
this,
is
you
could
view
this
as
an
emergency
preparedness
resilience
issue,
so
the
power
grid
goes
down.
You've
got
solar
here
to
power
your
buildings
right
now.
There
are
a
couple
of
barriers
to
doing
that.
One
is
the
ability
to
store
the
batteries
to
store
it,
but
that
gets
better
every
year
and
also
Dominion
power
has
some
issues
too.
H
That
is
also
kind
of
a
bower
a
barrier,
but
that's
something
to
keep
in
mind
and
I
think
you
could
encourage
solar,
as
maybe
the
technology
is
not
there
now,
but
in
a
couple
of
years
it
will
be,
and
if
we've
got
the
solar
power
there,
the
power
grid
goes
down
and
we've
got
the
ability
to
store
it.
We
can
be
much
more
resilient
in
an
emergency
and
given
the
kind
of
cyberattacks
we're
facing
that
could
be
really
crucial
at
some
point.
D
Thank
you
so
senator
frivolity,
you
mentioned
you
mentioned
your
legislation
on
net
metering.
This
actually
was
a
topic
at
Vaco
a
few
weeks
ago
and
there's
some
apprehension
on
the
part
of
some
that
some
folks
at
Dominion
and
others
may
want
to
weaken
net
metering
and
and
and
and
we
can
and
provide
some
disincentives
actually
for
residential
conversion
to
solar,
which
I
think
we'd
all
agree
would
be
a
very
bad
move.
D
B
On
this
area,
and
that's
looking
at
number
five
in
particular,
it's
been
in
the
news,
a
lot
lately
with
the
regs
put
out
by
DEQ
and
then
action,
but
by
the
Commission
that
deals
with
this
it.
This
looks
what
what
will
come
to
you
and
what
role
do
you
have
and
should
something
not
pass?
They're
still,
opportunities
are
they're
not
to
sort
of
complement
and
work
within
the
larger
framework
of
regi.
So
if
you
could
clarify
for
us
what
how
this
is
likely
to
to
move
forward.
M
B
Is
questioned
in
the
courts
or
undone
correct
so
that
if
the
legislature
were
to
act
and
support
it,
it's
that
much
stronger,
but
there
is
a
way
forward,
at
least
temporarily
or
hopefully
permanently
administrative
Lee,
right,
correct.
Okay,
so
it'll
come
to
you
all
this
year,
one
way
or
the
other
and
we'll
have
to
work
towards
getting
it
through.
A
You
can
assume
that
maybe
some
of
the
folks
in
the
southwest
will
put
forward
legislation
saying
that,
no
matter
what
the
governor
has
done
through
the
regulatory
process
or
administrative
Lee
Virginia
will
not
embrace
Reggie
or
not
go
down
and
Reggie
to
our
plan
of
its
exactly
there's
a
couple.
More
votes
would
be
nice
right.
Yeah,
like
we've,
had
to
fight
the
attacks
on
the
clean
power
plan
for
the
last
three
years.
Right.
B
A
A
And
exactly,
and
one
of
the
benefits
of
Reggie
as
well
is
with
the
the
the
trading
system.
You
have
you're
actually
making
money
for
the
state
that
could
then
be
used
to
revitalize
protect,
recur
in
flooding
areas
and
address
the
issues
and
especially
in
the
Hampton
Roads
in
Virginia
Beach
area
and.
B
M
Chairman
Justin
sounds
like
you're
getting
ready
to
close
this
category
yeah.
My
other
chairman
chairman
of
fear,
asked
me
to
highlight
I
guess
it
would
be
5:1
here,
I
mean
I'll,
be
pretty
active
in
the
energy
efficiency
space
this
session
and
there's
there's
all
that
debate
about
caps
and
co2
and
reducing
emissions
as
such,
but
efficiency
is
probably
the
cheapest
fastest
way
for
us
to
get
where
we
want
to
be
exactly
so
I'll
be
pushing
that
along.
M
B
B
H
And
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
one
here
on
the
preserving
of
trees.
That's
something
that
is
we're
just
hearing
a
lot
about
now.
Suddenly,
this
is
a
big
deal
for
a
lot
of
our
folks
are
just
Monica,
it's
the
sort
of
thing
that
might
get
kind
of
overlooked,
but
that's
becoming
a
really
important
issue
for
a
lot
of
our
communities,
so
just
wanted
to
put
it
there
and
anything
you
can
do
to
help
us
to
have
more
power
to
preserve
trees.
B
Regarding
trees,
raise
your
hand
and
the
truth
is
the
work
isn't
over.
Obviously
so
so
I
guess
we
would
say
I
know
the
managers
staff
is
working
on
consolidating
a
lot
of
the
input
we've
gotten
from
citizens
trying
to
hone
down
on
where
some
opportunities
may
be
legislatively.
Delegate
hope,
I
believe
has
also
been
approached
and
may
have
some
interest
in
the
area,
but
my
suggestion
would
be
that
we
hear
through
Pat
and
and
Mark
staff,
where
they
think
some
opportunity
weakest,
Latian,
improving
legislation.
There.
K
L
Apparently
Williamsburg
has
a
carve-out
that
allows
them
to
do
something
akin
to
a
proffer
for
developers
that
when
the
tree
canopies
are
destroyed,
they
have
to
replace
them
or
pay
and
apparently
and
I,
don't
know
when
this
happened.
But
years
ago
Williamsburg
got
a
special
carve
out
to
let
them
to
do
this,
and
we
want
to
join
our
colleagues
at
historic,
Williamsburg.
Frankly,
I
think
you
should
be
statewide,
but
if
we
get
it
just
for
Northern,
Virginia
or
Arlington
Alexandria,
that
is
fine
by
me.
Mr.
G
G
This
came
to
us
from
constituents
and
Fairfax.
We
share
a
couple
precincts
and
McLean
and,
as
it
turns
out,
Fairfax
County
government
has
chosen
not
to
exercise
the
authority,
so
you
may
want
to
I
know
Mr
by
stat
was
looking
at
it.
You
may
want
to
look
at
that
and
see
if
it's
a
blessing
or
a
curse,
and
you
don't
have
to
tell
me
now
I.
M
D
B
Think
I'll
turn
to
the
manager
and
Pat
to
make
sure
that
any
suggestions
explicit
about
legislation
get
back
to
you
with
time.
For
you
to
think
about
it,
those
of
you
that
are
particularly
interested.
We
know
we
hear
about
reference
to
they're
localities
that
have
sometimes
they
pan
out
to
be
true.
Sometimes
they
pan
out
to
be
false,
but
we
have
heard
about
Williamsburg,
and
this
is
always
a
tough
one.
Some
of
the
opportunity
is
with
citizens.
B
Some
of
it
is
with
us
educating
the
developers
that
go
out
and
do
McMansions
great,
so
we're
looking
at
this
from
a
number
of
angles,
but
we'll
see
how
you
can
help
as
well.
The
last
area
I'll
just
mention
on
Human
Services
I'm
gonna,
really
mention
the
Medicaid
expansion
number
one
in
psychiatric
beds.
G
A
B
G
L
H
B
B
Senator
fool
knows
about
some
of
the
work
we're
doing
with
Virginia
Hospital
Center
Virginia
Hospital
Center
in
the
county
have
an
agreement
for
a
swap
of
land
which
they'll
be
coming
forward
with
a
site
plan
to
build
some
addition
and
do
a
master
plan
of
their
site
and
part
of
that
discussion,
as
it
comes
forward,
is
very
likely
to
include
the
discussion
of
some
psychiatric
beds
at
that
facility,
and
the
citizens
have
been
very
high.
Moving
that
conversation
along
Center
for
hula
Thank.
G
You,
mr.
chairman,
yes,
the
citizens
have
been
helpful
and
this
is
a
really
important
topic
I,
just
just
so,
you
know,
I
get
want
to
outline
the
policy
rub
that
we're
going
up
against.
You
know
the
state
and
I
think
rightfully
so
is
trying
to
create
a
lot
more
opportunities
for
early
intervention
in
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
issues.
At
the
same
time,
however,
they're
becoming
more
and
more
cautious
and
conservative
and
approving
site
bed
applications
because
they
want
dollars
to
shift.
They
deliberately
want
dollars
to
shift
to
the
community
and
community-based
services.
G
So
our
challenge
is
to
make
sure
we
still
have
enough
psychiatric
beds
there,
while
we're
going
through
the
transformation
of
creating
more
community-based
services,
because
we
can't
afford
to
have
gaps
so
we're
getting
particularly
creative.
You
know
a
report
just
came
out
that,
surprisingly
enough,
Virginia
has
more
psychiatric
beds
per
capita
than
nearly
any
other
state
in
the
country,
and
we're
spending
like
half
of
our
state
dollars
in
mental
health
are
going
to
2%
of
the
population
that
happens
to
be
in
our
psych
Hospital.
G
A
G
A
You
one
thing
I,
just
like
it's
important
to
mention,
is
that,
according
to
the
Commonwealth
Institute
with
regard
to
Medicaid
expansion,
the
49th
House
delegates
district
is
the
second
highest
concentration
of
folks
who
will
benefit
from
Medicaid
expansion
of
any
House
of
Delegates
District
in
the
entire
state
that
yours,
my
district.
Yes,
it
is
it's
actually
essentially
yours
to
Jay.
A
B
G
Thank
you
as
I've
done
in
the
past,
I
did
put
in
an
equal
taxing
authority
bill.
The
Fairfax
Education
Association
is
very
enthusiastic
about
this
because
they
understand
that
the
meals
tax
is
probably
the
big
enchilada
under
that
authority
and
rule
he
would
bring
in
money
now.
Obviously,
if
this
were
to
pass,
Fairfax
would
not
implement
a
meals
tax
tomorrow
because
they
just
had
a
referendum
go
down,
but
you
know,
did
they
look
at
it
in
a
couple
years?
G
So,
and
there
are
some
downstate
folks
who
think
this
is
important
and
by
the
way
Emmet
hanger
had
started
a
committee
that
is
looking
at
fiscal
stresses
on
localities.
So
he's
somewhat
sympathetic
there's.
So
there
is
a
chance
we
might.
We
might
get
this
out
and
if
we
have
to
massage
it,
so
the
Board
of
Supervisors
needs
a
unanimous
vote
to
implement
a
tax,
whatever
we
have
to
do
but
other
than
a
referendum.
I'm
we're
going
to
be
open.
We're
gonna
try
to
really
get
this
through.
B
G
And
at
Senator
Evans
request
and
attempting
to
be
a
worthy
colleague
of
Senator
Evan
I
have
put
in
a
bill
to
give
localities
the
authority
to
rename
primary
I
would
rename
primary
roads
and
highways
within
their
jurisdiction.
I've
spoken
to
Nick
Donahue
about
it.
The
bill
has
been
drafted,
just
a
senator
Evans
in
the
process
of
doing
it.
Look.
L
L
B
And
I
think
just
to
reference
it
in
here
we
didn't
speak
to
it
directly,
but
it's
on
page
two
included
in
the
packages,
the
renaming
of
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
where
the
county
believes
we.
We
are
exploring
all
options,
we
are
moving
forward
and
we
will,
you
know,
explore
legislation,
but
we
also
believe
the
CTB
is
another
route
available
to
us
at
another
point
in
time.
I.
G
Spoke
to
Nick
Donahue
about
these
different
routes,
because
my
pleasure
was
not
to
put
in
a
bill
so
I
said
well,
you
know,
there's
historical
evidence
that
says
the
state
has
renamed
things:
the
Commonwealth
Transportation
Board.
So
why
do
you
think
we
need
this
and
he
said
because
the
General
Assembly
actually
named
Lee
highway
and
Jeff
Davis
Highway
back
in
1922
I
just
spoke
to
him
today
about
it.
So
he
said:
that's
why
you
really
probably
have
to
go
down
the
legislative
route.
Trust
me,
I
tried
other
options.
This.
L
B
And
and
to
suffice
to
say
our
County
Attorney
is
looking
into
this
for
us
and
the
issue.
Sometimes
the
confusion
is
about
naming
versus
renaming
versus
the
third
existing
name
versus
the
signage.
This
is
a
more
complicated
conversation,
but
at
this
point
we
believe
we
have
multiple
options:
we're
just
going
to
sort
of
sequentially
work
them
and
see
what
I.
B
G
B
Talk
about
it
after,
but
thank
you
all
very
much
and
keep
this
in
mind
as
you
consider
five
options
and
legislation
yourself.
These
are
the
things
we've
put
in
writing
so
now.
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
the
to
the
to
the
sitting.
Dean's
we'll
start
on
the
Senate
side,
with
senator
Howe,
the
Dean
and
the
Senate
for
this
delegation
and
then
we'll
turn
over
to
delegate
Lopez
to
kick
it
off.
F
B
F
Pole
position
of
being
ranking
member
on
two
significant
committees,
finance
which
in
the
Senate,
is
both
Appropriations
and
Finance.
It's
tax
policy,
as
well
as
how
you
appropriate
the
money
and
I'm
also
ranking
member
on
privileges
and
elections
like
everybody.
My
fingers
are
crossed
so
that
the
ranking
will
change
between
now
and
when
the
session
starts.
F
But
for
me
this
year
it's
it
is
a
budget
year
and
regardless
that's
where
most
of
my
efforts
are
going
to
be
I'm.
The
only
member
of
this
delegation
I
believe
on
one
of
the
appropriating
committees,
so
I
get
a
lot
of
really
good
advice
from
people
on
how
to
spend
money
from
both
Fairfax
and
and
Arlington.
F
As
you
all
may
or
may
not
know,
Northern
Virginia
is
seriously
underrepresented
when
it
comes
to
the
Appropriations
and
and
particularly
budget
conference
and
I'm,
also
a
conferee,
and
we
have
lost
another
Northern
Virginian,
who
was
defeated
and
won't
be
back
so
Ted
Grayson
was
defeated.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
real
struggle,
getting
Northern
Virginia's
priorities
through
and
I'm
going
to
be
ever
vigilant
because
I
know
that's
where
my
responsibilities
main
one
is,
but
I
also
have
a
bunch
of
bills.
I'm
putting
in
some
of
them
have
come
up.
F
I
do
a
lot
on
election
law
and
redistricting
we've
mentioned
that
this
year
my
main
effort
is
going
to
be
for
the
third
year.
It's
got
to
be
a
charm
getting
through
some
bills
on
student
loans.
Last
year,
I
almost
got
one
through
got
it
through
the
Senate
almost
got
it
through
the
house
and
then
disaster
struck
on
record
on
regulating
the
servicers
and
that's
become
an
even
bigger
crisis
in
the
last
year
than
it
was
last
year
and
also
an
ombudsman
bill
for
for
our
student
loan
and
I
guess.
F
A
I
said
mentioned
earlier
may
be:
live
in
interesting
times.
Is
the
old
adage
with
15
new
Democratic
members
of
the
we'll
see
it
was
16,
possibly
but
15
right
now,
and
at
least
49
Democratic
members
of
the
House
Democratic
caucus
Richmond
is
a
fundamentally
different
place
and
the
issue
is
not
so
much
the
floor.
It's
the
committee's.
A
It's
also
important
for
what's
going
on
on
the
floor
and
how
we
actually
do
a
lot
of
what
we
do,
but
proportional
representation
has
meant
up
into
up
until
up
into
today,
14
to
7
14
Republicans
to
seven
Democrats
on
every
committee
and
then
similar
kinds
of
breakdowns
for
the
subcommittee's.
And
everyone
knows
the
rubber
meets
the
road
when
it
comes
to
actually
crafting
legislation
and
policy.
In
subcommittee
in
committee,
most
of
the
time
our
bills
on
the
floor,
88%
of
them
are
a
hundred
to
nothing
when
they
get
to
the
floor.
A
It's
those
12%
that
are
fairly
acrimonious,
but
now
you're
going
to
see
at
least
12
to
10
per
port,
like
proportional
representation
on
committees,
and
if
things
play
out
the
way,
we
think
or
hope,
they'll
play
out
the
way
we
Patrick
hope
they'll
play
out
on
with
these
recounts.
You
could
actually
see
50
percent
50
and
then
then
we're
on
in
uncharted
territory.
And
why?
Because
we're
going
into
a
50/50
power,
sharing
dynamic,
with
no
speaker
with
no
sitting
speaker
and
so
may
we
live
in
interesting
times
what
that
means
is.
A
It
could
have
any
number
of
implications
about
how
we
have
co-chairs
on
committees,
whether
or
not
the
the
democratic
caucus
is
allowed
to
not
only
have
50/50
representation
on
committees,
but
also
the
power
to
appoint
our
own
members
on
committees,
as
opposed
to
going
hat
in
hand
to
the
the
speaker
and
asking
for
the
four
committee
assignments,
and
so
this
fundamentally
changes
how
we
do
business
in
the
in
the
House
of
Delegates.
In
Richmond
and
what
it
means
for
overall
policymaking
in
the
Commonwealth
as
well,
and
so
what
does
that
mean?
A
That
means
that
the
amazing
bills
that
and
ripp
have
put
in
four
years
on
voting
will
actually
have
a
chance
to
get
past.
The
amazing
bills
that
Barbara
viola
and
Adam
Evan
have
put
in
on
gun
violence,
safety
issues
and
prevention.
Well,
maybe
have
a
chance
to
get
past.
You
know
the
incredible
legislation
that
mark
is
puttin
on
things
like
LGBTQ.
A
That
means
that
you
will
see
a
Commonwealth
that
truly
reflects
what
the
Commonwealth
cares
about:
moderate
approach
to
good
governments,
a
moderate
approach
and
a
fair
approach
to
how
we
think
about
policy,
and
it's
not
about
power.
It's
not
about
ramming
through
one
vision
versus
another
vision:
it's
not
about
ignoring
Medicaid
expansion
for
no
apparent
reason.
Sometimes
it's
about
good
government
and
actually
having
a
robust
and
I
hate
that
word,
but
a
strong
debate
on
on
public
policy
and
issues
that
matter
to
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia.
A
So
along
those
lines
has
the
whip
of
the
House
Democratic
caucus
I
am
going
to
be
submitting,
and
this
is
a
list
of
only
77
of
them,
but
over
a
hundred
bills
that
will
be
drafted
by
tomorrow
or
Monday
by
legislative
services
and
as
the
whip.
My
job
is
to
disseminate
most
of
these
bills,
to
our
new
freshman
colleagues,
as
well
as
other
members
of
the
House,
and
what's
why
what
I
said
earlier
about
how
this
package
is
just
an
amazing
package
that
you
put
forward
in
terms
of
legislative
priorities?
A
A
lot
of
what
I
already
have
is
in
your
package
in
some
way
shape
or
form,
and
so
what
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
is
get
a
lot
of
these
bills
put
forward
and
in
terms
of
my
legislation,
I've
got
around
33
bills
that
I
put
in
in
the
past.
That
I
will
now
put
again
again
things
like
hazardous
waste
site
mapping.
A
But
if
daca
goes
away,
we
can
also
address
in-state
tuition
for
kids,
with
our
own
standards
as
well
as
well
as
basically
one
of
the
wonderful
things
I'm.
So
appreciative
of
this
year,
with
this
upcoming
session
is
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
the
divisive,
really
wrongheaded
an
ugly
legislation
that
we've
seen
come
to
the
floor
of
the
House
of
Delegates
will
not
see
the
light
of
day
things
on
women's
choice.
Things
on
demonizing
new
Americans
things
on
that
would
simply
rollback
environmental
protections
or
social
safety.
B
G
K
The
just
briefly
I
think
senator
Howe
laid
out
some
of
what's
going
on,
but
in
terms
of
things
don't
work
out
specifically
besides
gun
violence,
voting
and
child
abuse
issues,
I've
been
looking
into
much
I'm
gonna
put
this
in
and
I'd
spoken
with.
You
chairman
for
said
about
the
car
sharing
tax
and
I've
had
requests
from
constituents
to
see
that
that's
lower,
and
we
talked
to
taking
away
revenue
from
our
local
governments
and
wanting
to
avoid
that.
K
So
what
we're
looking
into
is
if
the
car
sharing
tax
was
lowered
to
not
be
the
same
as
a
car
rental
tax
and
the
car
rental
tax
was
bumped
up
a
bit.
If
there's
something
revenue
neutral
that
can
be
done,
I'm
not
so
sure
that
this
is
something
that
would
happen
this
year,
but
it
is
a
discussion
that
we
may
be
initiating
and
we'll
be
in
touch
with
Pat.
If
we
before
we
do
that
before
anything
is
introduced,
that.
B
B
And
it
gets
a
little
bit.
I
mean
one
of
those
priorities
in
the
legislative
package
year
after
year
is
no
unfunded
mandates
and
whether
you
look
at
finance
reform
or
whatever
people
often
forget
about
the
bottom
of
the
food
chain,
which
is
local
government.
So
to
the
degree
something
is
needed.
It's
a
little
unfair
anybody's
willing
to
work
on
it.
So
long
as
it's
not,
you
know
putting
a
hole
in
a
budget
that
we
have
to
plug
some
other
way
on.
K
G
Thank
you,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
bills
on
children
and
families,
and
one
of
the
themes
this
year
has
been
providing
Social
Services
in
a
trauma-informed
way.
So
when,
when
we
do
have
child
abuse
cases
or
when
we
have
behavioral
issues
in
our
schools,
every
effort
should
be
made
to
actually
treat
the
cause
and
not
just
suspend
the
child
or
punish
the
child,
but
delve
into
whether
or
not
the
child
experienced
a
traumatic
event
in
his
or
her
life
and
try
to
package
a
list
of
services
that
the
child
could
access.
G
So
I
chaired
the
Commission
on
youth
now,
which
was
actually
happened
before
we
had
these
elections,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
expert
advice
on
how
to
shape
our
bills
and
I've
put
in
quite
a
few
in
that
area.
I
do
have
some
paid
family
leave,
bills
and
I
have
you
know
broad-based
bills
and
narrow
bills,
and
one
of
my
narrow
bills
might
have
a
chance
because
Georgia
passed
it.
So
it's
it's
not.
G
G
We
hope
and
I
also
chair
a
subcommittee
of
the
joint
House
and
Senate
committee
on
education
reform
and
a
lot
of
education
bills
will
be
coming
out
of
that
committee
and
I
you're,
not
the
school
board,
so
I
won't
go
through
with
the
whole
list,
but
one
area
you
might
be
interested
in
which
has
a
lot
of
broad-based
support
is
we're.
Looking
at
shortening
the
amount
of
time
it
would
take
a
student
teacher
to
actually
become
licensed
right
now,
it's
five
years.
They
go
through
their
bachelor's
degree.
G
They
have
a
year
sort
of
a
graduate
work
and
in
this
we're
trying
to
shorten
that
to
four
years,
so
they'd
still
have
a
lot
of
time
in
the
classroom,
but
the
opportunity
cost
would
not
be
as
high
to
get
licensed
we're
looking
at
community
school
models,
a
number
of
other
things
school
leadership.
The
universities
are
actually
pretty
anxious
to
form
partnerships
with
school
systems
to
do
school,
leadership,
training,
so
gun
safety,
I
think
we're
gonna.
Make
some
significant
progress?
I
know
senator
howell
and
I've
been
working
for
many
years.
G
We've
made
some
progress,
you
know
protective
orders
and
the
sexual
assault
areas
I'm
going
to
try
again
to
take
firearms
away
from
individuals
who
have
been
convicted
of
two
misdemeanors
under
the
sexual
assault
or
family
violence.
Section
of
the
code
we'll
see
how
that
goes,
and
I
seem
to
have
a
lot
of
bills
from
my
jurisdictions
loud
and
has
quite
a
few
bills
that
in
and
I'd
like
to
share
with
you,
you
might
benefit
from
them
that
I
am
carrying
and
we
haven't
had
our
meeting
with
Fairfax.
G
G
B
You
thanks
Anne.
You
know
it
reminds
me
that
you
don't
only
work
with
us.
I
mean
you
work
with
other
localities,
some
of
you
with
two
or
three
other
localities,
so
that
this
is
not
your
only
sinus.
It's
kind
of
sit
down
trying
to
understand
what's
of
greatest
interest
to
that
locality,
and
sometimes
they
are
the
same.
Sometimes
they're
not
the
same.
You
know,
Loudoun
and
and
Fairfax
and
Arlington
have
many
common
interests
as
localities,
and
then
we
have
our
differences
on
a
particular
customized
issue.
M
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
I,
we've
we've
already
spoken
about
several
of
things.
I'll
be
involved
with
a
I
will
reprise
some
of
my
prior
bills
on
election
reform,
both
with
respect
to
redistricting
and
also
a
way
to
get
more
people,
make
it
easier
for
people
to
vote.
Whether
that's
the
early
voting
that
Senator,
Howell
and
I
have
been
talking
about
or
other
little
pieces
of.
M
How
can
people
with
certain
kinds
of
IDs
vote
that
sort
of
thing
I'll
be
doing
that
again
and
again,
I'll
be
very
active
in
the
environmental
space
on
energy
efficiency
issues
on
renewable
energy
issues,
and
things
like
that.
A
couple
of
interesting.
Some
of
them
are
new,
some
of
their
old
bills,
I'll
be
putting
in
my
bill
on
hate
crimes,
again,
making
sure
that
the
state
is
reporting
all
types
of
hate
crimes
which
it
currently
does.
M
But
it's
not
enshrined
in
statute
that
it
should
it's
a
big
article
in
the
paper
recently
about
how
the
FBI,
frankly
isn't
sure
the
hate
crimes
are
going
on
around
the
country,
because
the
reporting
systems
are,
you
know,
differ
from
state
to
state
different
from
frankly
police
department
to
police
departments,
so
I'll
be
working
on
that
I.
Think
one
of
the
more
interesting
areas
what's
gonna,
be
most
interesting
in
terms
of
these
new
numbers
in
the
house.
Delegates,
maybe
in
the
gun,
base.
G
M
Effect,
these
new
numbers
will
have
a
gun
safety
legislation.
I
will
I
will
bring
back
a
bill
I
had
last
year
that
has
to
do
with
creating
a
mechanism
lots
of
due
process
involved
when
you've
got
a
person
whom,
particularly
as
phantoms
or
his
or
her
family,
believes,
may
be
a
danger
to
him
or
herself
or
others,
but
most
particularly
him
or
herself.
The
statistics,
of
course,
are
through
the
roof
on
suicide,
with
firearms,
a
mechanism
for
getting
guns
out
of
that
person's
hands,
which
we
currently
don't
have.
G
M
Mother
or
father
sister
brother
you're,
worried
about
a
relative
the
moment
there's
no
way
to
get
a
gun
out
of
his
or
her
hands
if
you're
worried,
they're
going
to
harm
themselves,
so
I'll
be
working
on
that
a
couple
of
interesting
new
bills,
I
urge
you
to
keep
a
look
on.
One
is
a
safe
harbor
for
underaged
witnesses
or
victims
of
sexual
assault.
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
people
to
go.
Women,
of
course,
feel
free
to
report
these
sorts
of
things.
M
M
M
But
look
at
that
look
at
the
problems
we're
having
with
you
know,
fake
news
and
everything
else
in
so
I'll,
be
putting
in
a
bill
asking
the
Department
of
Education,
creating
a
new
new
advisory
panel
to
the
governor
and
the
secretary
asking
the
department
to
work
with
local
jurisdictions,
local
school
systems,
to
figure
out
better
ways
to
teach
our
K
through
12,
kids,
digital
citizenship,
how
to
how
to
navigate
all
that
they
see
on
the
internet?
How
do
they
figure
out?
What's
real?
What's
not
what's
sourced?
What's
not
that's
something
that
kids
need.
L
I
mentioned
many
of
the
bills
that
I
plan
should
introduced.
I,
don't
need
to
repeat
those,
but
I,
guess
I
will
that
the
gas
tax
floor,
the
LGBT,
the
the
bumps,
the
the
protest
bill
for
firearms
I'll,
also
be
looking
at
some
gun
safety
legislation.
I've
already
have
a
bill
drafted
to
I,
think
introduced
yeah
to
ban
bumped
stocks.
I,
don't
know
what
thing
I
do
at
the
federal
level,
but
we
certainly
shouldn't
have
them
here
in
Virginia.
L
That
I
would
hope
would
be
in
the
easy
lift
course
nothing's
an
easy
lift
when
dealing
with
guns
and
then
I
have
bills
that
law
and
background
checks
that
are
harder
to
pass.
But
again
we
don't
know
exactly
whether
all
what
the
makeup
the
General
Assembly
will
be.
I
have
a
Billy
introduced
to
allow
localities
to
raise
the
minimum
wage.
That's
a
bill
I
introduced
before
they
went
nowhere,
but
I'm
again
more
hopeful
this
year.
I
also
have
a
bill
on
paid
family.
Medical
leave,
Barbara
and
I
need
to
get
together.
L
Talk
about
some
of
the
differences
between
hers
in
my
and
happy
to
work
with
you
and
see
we'll
see
what
we
can
get
together.
Other
bills,
I'm
looking
at
and
I
really
haven't
decided
them
all.
So
there's
still
still
some
some
room,
but
a
bill
about
teaching
consent
in
schools.
This
is
something
Eileen.
Fuller,
corn,
dog
lobbying
for
the
court
has
tried
to
do.
Mine
looks
at
not
just
the
teaching,
but
who
is
doing
the
teaching
and
making
sure
they're
qualified
in
a
lot
of
schools.
They
have.
Whoever
does
health
that
ever
does.
L
Health
is
sometimes
often
the
physical
education
teacher,
and
so
you
end
up
the
football
coach
being
the
one
teaching
consent
and
that's
okay,
if
he
or
she
is
really
good
at
it.
But
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
teaching
consent
know
what
they're
doing,
particularly
in
this
age,
where
sexual
harassment
is
on
top
of
everyone's
minds.
L
As
the
last
delegate
here
by
the
way,
I
was
a
freshman
last
year,
I'm
now
at
the
median
member
of
this
just
shows
you
how
much
we've
grown
I
actually
want
to.
Thank
you,
mr.
chairman.
I.
Don't
know
if
this
is
your
last
meeting
as
chair
in
Arlington.
It
is
our
last
thing
with
us.
Okay,
you
have
one
more
so,
but
just
but
just
as
no
one
else
has
mentioned
it.
B
H
H
M
Tell
you
what's
going
on
most
of
it,
you
can
read
in
the
newspaper,
but
so
there
are.
There
are
three
districts
sort
of
still
in
dispute,
two
of
which
recount
applications
have
been
filed
in
like
those
get
filed
with
the
court
Chief
Judge
of
those
courts,
in
this
case
its
Fairfax
and
Newport
News,
the
94th
district
and
the
davidyan.
Since
in
you
go
exactly
so
that
process
is
started
in
terms
of
recounts,
which
is
a
statutory
process.
M
The
Supreme
Court
has
to
appoint
two
people
to
the
to
the
panel
of
the
chief
judge
of
the
local
jurisdiction
and
it's
a
three-judge
panel.
They
then
get
the
lawyers
together,
so
there's
several
days
worth
of
sort
of
pre
recount
hoops
to
jump
through,
but
those
recounts
are
underway.
Actually,
I
was
talking
to
the
chief
judge
of
Fairfax
County
Circuit
Court
yesterday.
M
He
thinks
that'll
take
him
a
few
days
to
get
in
place,
but
the
actual
counting
could
probably
start
late
next
week,
but
I
think
those
two
recounts
are
likely
to
finish
in
the
next
two
weeks.
I
think
they
almost
always
change.
The
real
question
is
how
much,
of
course
and
I'm
not
gonna,
predict
for
you
what's
going
to
happen.
So
one
of
the
race
is
the
one
in
Newport
News
is
separated
by
ten
votes.
The
other
one
is
the
Hugo
C
fortieth
is
separated
by
106
votes,
I.
Think
so.
M
Is
the
28th
district
which
is
in
Fredericksburg?
All
of
these
have
been
certified
now
by
the
State
Board
of
Elections.
They
can
go
through
all
the
you
know,
the
hows
and
whys
of
what
happened
prior
to
that,
but
in
any
event,
there's
not
been
a
recount
request.
They're
made
yet
there's
still
some
time
left
in
the
statutory
deadlines
that
story
timeframe,
which
that
has
to
happen
I,
think
it's
safe
to
say
the
candidate
is
considering
his
options
on
what
to
do
next.
There's
letting
there's
still
litigation
pending
on
that
again.
This
is
all
public.
M
This
is
the
one
where
there,
where
there
are
actually
two
legal
issues
still
out
there.
One
has
to
do
with
the
absentee
ballots
that
came
in
depending
on
your
point
of
view,
came
in
the
you
know
the
day
after
their
55
of
those
and
then
this
issue
of
people
being
assigned
to
the
wrong
districts
or
the
wrong
the
wrong
yeah,
the
wrong
districts,
and
that
issue
is
still
before
the
federal
court.
M
The
the
court
that
Court
denied
that
denied
the
candidates
request
to
keep
these
the
State
Board
from
certifying
the
election,
but
at
the
same
time
the
court
also
denied
the
other
side's
request
to
dismiss
that
suit.
So
it's
still
pending
the
issue
is
what,
if
anything,
that
Court
will
do
between
now
and
when
the
session
starts.
But
that
issue
is
still
before
that
court
and
the.
A
Question
of
law
also
with
or
the
question
with
the
55
ballots
was
that
you
know
whether
or
not
they
were
they
were
in
the
possession
of
the
State
Board
of
the
local
County
Board
of
Elections
at
the
time
that
they
were
in
the
mailbox
and
what
that
means
and
whether
or
not
they
were
supposed
to
be
able
to.
You
know
say
that
they
had
possession
at
that
time
or
not.
But.
M
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
we
are
in
sort
of
unchartered
territory,
and
so
there
are
a
lot
of
legal
issues.
Still
pending
time
is
short:
it's
not
clear
how
quickly
things
can
and
can't
get
resolved,
which
is
why,
if
anyone
tells
you
they
know,
what's
gonna
happen
on
January
10th,
they
are
not
being
straight
with
it.
L
That
third
case
is
by
far
the
most
messy.
The
other
two
are
sort
of
pretty
standard
recounts.
I
think
those
will
be
resolved.
That
third
case
with
82
vote
difference
104
in
addition
to
the
55ft
balusters
147,
at
least
that
were
given
to
the
wrong
voters
that
were
people
actually
cast
ballots
in
the
wrong
district
and
who
knows
I
mean
that
could
even
lead
to
a
special
election
that
could
determine
the
balance
of
power.
I
mean
any
anything's
possible,
it's
gonna
be
a
glorious
mess
and
one.
A
J
B
A
Just
one
thing
you
guys
are
always
bringing
such
amazing
staff
and
yourselves
down
to
Richmond
and
Pat
and
and
hurt
the
the
team
that
she
works
with
are
incredible,
and
so
just
applause
to
them
a
lot.
Along
those
same
lines,
though,
please
make
a
point
of
coordinating
with
us
as
much
as
possible.
It's
always
difficult
when
we
get
blindsided,
sometimes
when
you're
down
in
Richmond-
and
we
don't
know
you're
about
to
be
down
in
Richmond
talking
about
issues
that
we're
focusing
on
and
that
we
don't
know
that
you're
coming
and
talking
about
this
folks,
I'm.
B
Gonna
end
with
that
very
same
point,
first,
the
thank
you.
We
can't
say
it
enough.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
right
and
also
to
your
staffs
bays
down
there,
several
of
whom
are
out
here
with
us
today
and
sometimes,
and
we
can't
reach
you
or
Pat,
can't
reach
you.
They
are
very
effective
sort
of
surrogate
for
you
because
they
know
what
you're
thinking
they
know,
what
you're
doing
they're
helping
Matt.
You
manage
your
lives
down
there
during
that
grant
period.
B
So
you
know
we
rely
on
your
staff
as
well,
and
that's
really
helpful
to
us
and
then
to
reinforce
what
what
Alfonso
just
said.
You
know
there
are
times
you're,
just
gonna
be
doing
your
thing
right,
I
mean
it
may
not
affect
us
so
much,
but
the
more
that
something
you're
putting
forward
thinking
about
putting
forward
or
we
are
that
we
know
about
it.
You
know
about
it.
B
We're
able
to
share
information,
get
a
better
product
or
improve
the
strategy
or
the
implementation
we're
all
better
off,
and
we
know
at
the
heart
of
that
really
is
Pat
from
our
side
and
it
may
be
you
or
your
staffs
on
your
side.
So,
let's
all
just
work
towards
you
know
the
best
communication
we
can
all
right.
Thank
you
all
very
much
we're
jerk.