Today is the first day of the 2015 session of the General Assembly. I wanted to send you a quick note updating you on my legislative priorities and how to contact me in Richmond. This year is a shorter, 45-day legislative session, but my colleagues and I in the House of Delegates are offering a robust agenda that will prepare Virginia for long-term growth. Some of our top priorities for this year include: • Legislation requiring General Assembly approval on new regulations and rules that have an adverse impact on economic growth, private sector job creation or employment, • Making college more affordable by capping student athletic fees, giving smaller and mid-sized colleges and universities additional flexibility to improve operating efficiencies, and incentivizing colleges to create affordable “flat-fee degree” programs, • Building two new needed veteran’s care centers, and, • Making additional reforms to Virginia’s ethics, transparency and disclosure laws. I will be introducing bills which stimulate the economy, create jobs and defend the taxpayer. You can find the full list of legislation that I’ll be sponsoring at lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+mbr+H198C . House Republicans have already proposed a robust K-12 “Classroom Success” Education agenda to give every Virginia student access to a quality education. The agenda will let teachers spend more time on classroom instruction and less time on mandatory reporting, give teachers additional support, and continue to reform student assessments. You can learn more at vahousegop/2015/01/education-agenda/ We have also announced most of our agenda to help make college more affordable. You can learn more at vahousegop/affordable. This evening, Governor Terry McAuliffe will deliver the State of the Commonwealth. You can watch the Governor’s speech starting around 7 p.m. online at virginia-house.granicus/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 Delegate Margaret Ransone and Senator Jeff McWaters will deliver the Republican response. They will give an overview of our Republican solutions on the issues mentioned above. I hope to hear from you as we work to reform education, fund the core functions of government, enact needed ethics reforms, and build on our past efforts to make Virginia a better place to live and work. You can reach me in my Richmond office at 804-698-1072 or by email at [email protected]. You can also follow me online at jimmiemassie or on Facebook. Thank you.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:54:02 +0000
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