My first session has officially come to a close. It's been a wild ride, but I'm grateful for my time here and for all of my constituents sending me here to represent you. Our final week focused on commending resolutions, conference reports, and the budget. Several of my bills passed the Senate and now await the

This week, in a nutshell, was all about Virginia's budget. In my opinion, passing a new two-year budget is the single most important thing the General Assembly will do this session. I'm proud of the House proposal and what it would achieve in the areas of public education, the environment, and supporting working class families. I

We're nearly at the halfway point of the session. "Crossover," the day by which we have to finish acting on all House bills so they can be sent over to the Senate, is fast approaching. This week, I advanced several of my bills (all with bipartisan support), spoke at events, and of course, took meetings with