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>> WELCOME TO "THIS WEEK IN
RICHMOND" AND WELCOME TO THE
DYNAMIC DUO, WHAT I HAVE DUBBED
YOU TWO.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS
2013 IS STARTING TO WRAP UP, AND
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT
SESSION.
DELEGATE JENNIFER McCLELLAN
REPRESENTING PORTIONS OF
RICHMOND, DELEGATE CHRIS PEACE
REPRESENTING PARTS OF HANOVER
AND KING WILLIAM, WELCOME, AND
AS I HAVE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS
ON SENIORITY, FROM THE TIME YOU
ALL ARE ALL SWORN IN, I DO
BELIEVE YOUR NUMBERS ARE GOING
TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 30s IN
SENIORITY, COUNTING DOWN FROM
THE TOP.
EVEN THOUGH 2006 WAS YOUR FIRST
SESSION.
SO NO NEED FOR TERM LIMITS,
BECAUSE THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF
CHANGE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT IS THE ISSUES YOU SEE
COMING UP IN THE UPCOMING
SESSION, EITHER THE ONES YOU
CARRYING OR YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE,
AND YOU HAVE STRONG PERSPECTIVES
FOR OR AGAINST THEM.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START, AND
THEN CHRIS, AND THEN LET'S JUST
GO BACK AND FORTH.
>> THIS IS A BUDGET YEAR, AND
CHRIS PROBABLY KNOWS A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
I'LL SAVE THAT FOR HIM, BUT I
THINK THE THREE BIGGEST ISSUES
THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE OR WHAT
TO DO ABOUT MEDICAID EXPANSION,
WHAT TO DO ABOUT OUR MENTAL
HEALTH SYSTEM THAT WE'VE SEEN
YET AGAIN THAT IT'S STRESSED TOO
FAR, AND THEN WHAT TO DO ABOUT
ETHICS REFORM, AND I THINK THOSE
WILL BE THE THREE OVERARCHING
ISSUES THAT WE GRAPPLE WITH THIS
SESSION.
FOR ME, AS A LOT OF THINGS THAT
CONSTITUENTS OR THE CITY OF
RICHMOND HAS ASKED ME TO PUT IN
SOME DEALING WITH LOCAL ISSUES,
YOU KNOW, SOME STATE AGENCY
BILLS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
OVERLY EXCITING THIS YEAR.
>> CHRIS?
>> WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE 2014 SESSION.
OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE ELECTIONS,
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
LANDSCAPE HERE AT THE CAPITOL,
FROM MY SIDE OF THE AISLE, BUT
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
JENNIFER AND I HAVE HAD A
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP OVER THE
YEARS, FINDING COMMON GROUND,
AND I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO
SERVE ON THE TRANSITION TEAM
SORT OF AS THE MINORITY
REPRESENTATIVE AS THE REPUBLICAN
ON THE TRANSITION TEAM, AND IT'S
BEEN GOOD TO GET TO KNOW THE
GOVERNOR ELECT AND IDENTIFY, YOU
KNOW, HIS TEAM AND BE ABLE TO
DEVELOP POLICIES THAT KEEP
VIRGINIA MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE
SINCE THE ELECTION, AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO HITTING THE
GROUND RUNNING IN THE NEW
SESSION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ISSUES TO
TAKE ON, AND I THINK PROBABLY
THE ONES THAT HIT CLOSE TOAST
HOME, AND THEY DO GO THROUGH THE
BUDGET, AS JENNIFER SAID, ARE
K-12 FUNDING OR SPENDING FOR OUR
SCHOOLS.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE A
WONDERFUL EDUCATION, PARENTS
EXPECT THAT, AND WE WILL BE
RE-BENCH MARKING THE STANDARDS
OF QUALITY AND LOOKING
LEGISLATIVELY FOR WAYS TO REFORM
THE S.O.L.s.
I THINK EDUCATION WILL BE REFORM
WILL BE A HIGH PRIORITY, IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY, AND JENNIFER AND
I WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AS
MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
SINCE THE HISTORIC
TRANSPORTATION BILL LAST YEAR,
REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIDE YOU
FELL ON THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT REFORMS CONTINUE IN
TRANSPORTATION, THAT THE MONEY
IS GENERATED -- THAT THE MONEYS
GENERATED ACTUALLY GO TO
TRANSPORTATION AND THAT THERE IS
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS JENNIFER
MENTIONED, ETHICS REFORM WILL BE
HIGH ON THE LIST AS WELL.
I'M CARRYING A BILL WITH
DELEGATE COMSTOCK, AND IN THE
SENATE JANET HOWELL AND JOE
VOGEL ARE THE CO-PATRONS OF
LEGISLATION THAT SEEKS TO BRING
REFORM, GREATER EFFICIENCIES TO
THE WAYS WE MANAGE MONEY FROM
THE STATE FROM THE FEDS THAT GO
TO VICTIMS OF *** ASSAULT AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
PROVERBIAL WAR ON WOMEN, YOU
HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE REAL WAR
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND *** ASSAULTS,
MORE MURDERS IN VIRGINIA TAKE
PLACE AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE,
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
LOCAL AGENCIES ARE WORKING HARD,
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES
AND NOT BUSY DOING PAPERWORK,
WRITING GRANTS TO SEVEN
DIFFERENT GRANT SOURCES WITHIN
AGENCIES.
WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THAT SO
VICTIMS ARE BETTER SERVED.
LIKE EVERY YEAR, THERE ARE
THINGS THAT WILL COME UP THAT
ARE UNEXPECTED.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE SESSION,
YOU BOTH ARE INVOLVED IN THE
TRANSITION, SO TELL OUR VIEWERS
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THEY READ, AS THE NEWS COMES
OUT, ABOUT PEOPLE NAMED, BUT
FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP POSITION,
AND YOU SAID, AS ONE OF THE
MINORITY MEMBERS ON THAT
TRANSITION, HOW'S THAT GOING?
>> SURE, AND I DID NEGLECT TO
SAY I AM THE CHAIR OF
GOVERNOR-ELECT McAULIFFE'S
TRANSITION TEAM.
THE TEAM IS DIVIDED INTO TWO
GROUPS.
THERE'S ONE SIDE, POLICY, WE
HAVE SEVERAL POLICY COUNCILS
THAT ARE DIVIDED BY ISSUE UNDER
THE VARIOUS SECRETARIATS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE COMING OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS, THEY WILL BE
PRODUCE A PAPER THAT THEY WILL
PRESENT TO THE GOVERNOR ELECT
AND HIS POLICY TEAM THAT WILL
FRAME HIS POLICIES OVER THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
THEN THERE'S WHAT I CALL THE H.
R. SIDE, AND THAT IS SELECTING
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE
ADMINISTRATION, FROM SECRETARIES
IN THE CABINET TO AGENCY HEADS
AND THAT IS A FASCINATING,
IMPORTANT, AND TIME-CONSUMING
PROCESS.
WE CAME IN, THE GOVERNOR-ELECT
LIKES TO JOKE, BUT IT'S NOT
REALLY THE TRUTH, THAT WHEN YOU
COME IN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
AFTER THE ELECTION, YOU HAVE
YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE, ANNOUNCE
YOUR TRANSITION TEAM, THE
CAPITOL POLICE ESCORTS YOU TO AN
OFFICE AT CITY HALL, HE GETS A
BEAUTIFUL OFFICE THAT OVERLOOKS
THE CAPITAL, AND THEN THEY SAY,
"OKAY, GOOD LUCK," AND YOU'VE
GOT A COMPUTER, A PHONE, AND A
WHOLE LOT OF RESUMES.
IT'S BEEN FASCINATING TO ENJOY
WORKING AND GETTING TO KNOW THE
GOVERNOR-ELECT IN A DIFFERENT
CONTEXT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VERY TALENTED
PEOPLE WORKING ON THE TRANSITION
TEAM, VOLUNTEERING ALMOST AROUND
THE CLOCK, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
VERY TALENTED PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA
WHO WANT TO SERVE, ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SERVING, AND WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE PUT
TOGETHER THE RIGHT TEAM TO MOVE
VIRGINIA FORWARD OVER THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS.
>> AND WHAT INVOLVEMENT HAVE YOU
HAD, CHRIS, IN THE TRANSITION?
>> WELL, IT WAS A REAL SURPRISE
AND HONOR THAT JENNIFER CALLED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE
ELECTION AND ASKED ME TO BE A
PART OF IT.
I ATTENDED ONE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION POLICY MEETINGS,
AND YOU COULD EASILY SAY THAT
YOU HAD EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE
COMMONWEALTH THERE AT THE TABLE,
BOTH LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS AS WELL
AS PRIVATE SECTOR
REPRESENTATIVES FROM RAIL, FROM
HIGHWAY BUILDERS, ROAD BUILDERS,
ENGINEERS, TRANSIT
REPRESENTATIVES,, YOU KNOW, THE
MULTIMODAL SYSTEM OF VIRGINIA'S
COMPLEX -- EVEN THE PORT WAS
REPRESENTED, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE AND REMIND OURSELVES ALWAYS
THAT WHETHER IT'S DULLES OR THE
PORT, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS
MOVE COMMERCE AND HELPS OUR
ECONOMY BE STRONG.
WE DON'T HAVE THE BUSINESS
RATING IN THE COUNTRY FOR
NOTHING.
IT'S THE HARD-WORKING MEN AND
WOMEN THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND
HOPEFULLY AS POLICYMAKERS WE'RE
MAKING THE RIGHT REFORM POLICIES
TO KEEP IT STRONG FOR THE FUTURE
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HOW MUCH
OUT THERE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION
AND MAINTENANCE.
LAST YEAR WE WENT INTO SESSION
WITH THE STIPULATION THERE $500
MILLION IN SHORTFALL FOR
MAINTENANCE MONEYS ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS, AND THE CROSSOVER EFFECT
WHERE YOU'RE TAKING CONSTRUCTION
MONEYS FOR MAINTENANCE WILL NOW
END IN 2017, AND THAT'S A
POSITIVE STEP FORWARD.
BUT, AGAIN, WE NEED-FOR-TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS NO FURTHER EROSION
GOING FORWARD FROM THAT POINT,
THAT CONSTRUCTION MONEYS REMAIN
INTACT, MAINTENANCE MONEYS
REMAIN PRESENT FOR KEEPING UP
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR
WIVES AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
AND BUSINESSES USE ON A DAILY
BASIS.
>> ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S BEEN
BREWING SOMEWHAT, AND I THOUGHT
WITH THE TWO OF YOU MAY HAVE
SOME PERSPECTIVE.
JUST THIS MORNING, MONDAY THE
16TH THAT WE'RE HAVING THE
CONVERSATION, LISTENING TO THE
RADIO ON THE DRIVE IN EARLY,
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
WOMEN WHO WILL BE ON THE ONES ON
THE LIST HONORED BY THE
COMMISSION THAT'S GOING TO BE
RECOGNIZING WOMEN.
KNOWING THAT YOU SERVE ON THE
NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIAN
COMMISSION, THE CONTROVERSY
REALLY HAS FOCUSED ON ONE OF TWO
PEOPLE FROM NATIVE AMERICANS.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND DON'T KNOW IF YOUR
COMMISSION HAS BEEN INVOLVED,
BUT AS THE FATHER OF TWO
DAUGHTERS, IT'S EXCITING
SOMETHING ON CAPITOL SQUARE THAT
WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN IN
VIRGINIA OVER THE CENTURIES.
>> THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN
DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, SOMETIMES I'M
JEALOUS OF JENNIFER'S PERCH, SHE
GETS TO REPRESENT THE DOWNTOWN
AREA AND A LOT OF OTHERS.
WE'VE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO
TOURISM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS,
AND WE'VE SEEN THE RETURN OF
THAT INVESTMENT.
THESE PROJECTS AT THE CAPITOL
AND POTENTIAL PROJECTS DOWNTOWN,
WITH BASEBALL, WITH NEW HOTELS
AT THE FIRST FREEDOM CENTER,
WITH A TRIBUTE AND MUSEUM TO THE
LEGACY AND IMPACT OF SLAVERY,
BUT ALSO HERE IN THE CAPITOL
WITH RECOGNIZING WOMEN, PUBLIC
SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE
GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE TO
THE COMMONWEALTH, AND
THE INDIAN TRIBUTE, I'M HAPPY TO
SAY WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST
NON SOLICITED SIX-FIGURE DONATION
TOWARDS THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS WITH
PRIVATE FUNDS AS WELL.
I KNOW THE GOVERNOR WILL
ANNOUNCE HIS BUDGET AND IN PART
WILL DIRECT FUNDS FOR THE
SLAVERY MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN
RICHMOND.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE AGES HERE
IN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE
LEGACY OF VIRGINIA INDIANS, IT'S
A NICE PACKAGE.
WE'RE LONG OVERDUE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN
OMITTED FROM OUR HISTORY.
I LOVE HISTORY, AND WHAT A GREAT
THING TO HAVE GOVERNOR ELECT
McAULIFFE COMING IN AND HAVING
SET AT HIS FEET A MENU OF WAYS
TO TRIBUTE THOSE IN OUR PAST,
WHO HAD A DIFFICULT HISTORY LIKE
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY
AS WELL AS INDIANS AND WOMEN AND
THEIR IMPACT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
HEADING FORWARD IN 2014.
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING
IS, AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN
MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS, THERE'S
BEEN CONTROVERSY.
EVEN HERE IN RICHMOND, THE VERY
FIRST ON MONUMENT AVENUE TO THE
LAST ONE, EVEN UP IN D.C.,
PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME YOU DO
THIS, EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ON
WHO THIS SHOULD BE, WHAT IT
SHOULD SAY, WHAT IT SHOULD
REPRESENT.
I SERVED ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MEMORIAL COMMISSION.
PART OF THAT CAME OUT OF THE
FACT THAT, AS GOVERNOR -- THEN
GOVERNOR LORNA'S DAUGHTER
RECOGNIZED THERE ARE NO NO
AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND THAT
FOCUSED ON BARBARA JOHNS, A
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO LED THE
WALKOUT AT NOTEON AND STARTED IN
VIRGINIA THE MARCH TOWARD
DESEGREGATING SCHOOLS, AND WE
WERE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS
REPRESENTED, BUT THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL -- I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BUT ONE
OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS
WAS EVERYONE SAID, WELL WE'VE
GOT TO INCLUDE OLIVER HILL.
WHAT'S INTERESTING, THOUGH,
MR. HILL SAID, "I ALWAYS GET
RECOGNIZED, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT
ALONE."
AND HE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT
WE NEEDED TO HAVE SPOTTSWOOD
ROBINSON RECOGNIZED AS WELL, AND
HE WOULD OFTEN SAY SAMUEL TUCKER
WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME
OF THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO WERE
JUST AS -- PART OF THE FIGHT BUT
JUST AS VITAL TO IT BUT DON'T
ALWAYS GET THE RECOGNITION, WERE
INCLUDED, AND THAT WAS DIFFERENT
TO ID IF I -- TO IDENTIFY.
>> WE HAD AN UNPLEASANT,
REPREHENSIBLE PERIOD WITH THE
{PLEK}ER ISSUES, AND PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT POCAHONTAS, BUT
POCAHONTAS DOESN'T MEAN THE SAME
THING TO VIRGINIA INDIANS AS SHE
MAY TO OTHERS IN VIRGINIA, SO
WITH OUR TRIBUTE, WE'RE LOOKING
MORE TOWARDS THE THEMES THAT
CONCENTRATE ON INDIANS,
SPIRITUALITY, TIMELESSNESS, THE
NATURE, AGRICULTURE, THINGS THAT
ARE UNIFYING AMONG ALL
DESCENDANTS OF VIRGINIA INDIANS
AND THINGS OTHER VIRGINIANS CAN
LEARN FROM.
IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
APPROACH THAN TRYING TO FIND
THAT ONE PERSON WHO REPRESENTS A
WHOLE PEOPLE.
THAT IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS.
>> I GUESS IN THE CONCEPT OF
TRYING TO RECOGNIZE UNSUNG
HEROES, OUR HEROINS, AS YOU
THINK ABOUT THE RECOGNIZE
WOMEN, IT'S INTERESTING TO
RECOGNIZE THE CHIEF THE
PAMUNKEY TRIBE, IT WILL BE
RECOGNIZING SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT
BEEN RECOGNIZED.
>> AND I THINK IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE
WONDER WHY DO WE BOTHER WITH
THESE MEMORIALS AND WHY DO WE
BOTHER RAISING ALL THIS MONEY
FOR THEM.
AND -- THESE MEMORIALS AND
MONUMENTS REALLY BRING HISTORY
ALIVE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I
HAVE SEEN IT WITH THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MEMORIAL.
WE MADE IT LIFE-SIZE ON PURPOSE,
WE BRING SCHOOL CHILDREN THERE.
WE SAY YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
BARBARA JOHNS WAS 16.
THESE KIDS STARTED A MOVEMENT,
AND YOU CAN, TOO.
I'VE SEEN IT COME ALIVE FOR KIDS
IN A WAY IT NEVER WILL IN A
SCHOOLBOOK, AND I THINK THE SAME
WILL BE TRUE FOR THE WOMEN'S
MONUMENT AND THE INDIAN TRIBUTE,
AND IT'S A REALLY EXCITING THING
TO SEE.
>> THE CIVIL RIGHTS MONUMENT WAS
EITHER PART OF OR LED TO THE MLK
COMMISSION AND ITS WORK, AND
JENNIFER'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON
THAT COMMISSION AND RECENTLY HAD
A TERRIFIC CEREMONY HERE AT THE
CAPITOL WHERE NEW PLAQUES WERE
UNVEILED IDENTIFYING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR
VIRGINIA.
>> AND AS YOU SAID, TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR YOU
ALL AS LEGISLATORS, FOR THE
INCOMING ADMINISTRATION, AND
ALL.
I MEAN, DURING THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS, THERE COULD VERY WELL BE
THREE VERY PROMINENT, IMPORTANT
MEMORIALS OR RECOGNITIONS
ESTABLISHED HERE ON CAPITOL
SQUARE.
>> THINK ABOUT ALL THE JOBS THAT
WILL BE CREATED, WITH
CONSTRUCTION.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A
SIX-FIGURE DONATION.
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THIS IS NOT
TAXPAYER MONEY.
>> THEY CAN VISIT
INDIANTRIBUTE.VIRGINIA.GOV FOR
THE WEBSITE.
>> AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS,
SPEAKING OF THE KING COMMISSION,
OF DOING AN EMANCIPATION
MEMORIAL, NOT ON CAPITOL
GROUNDS, IT WILL BE IN THE CITY,
BUT THERE IS YET ANOTHER ONE
COMING UP.
>> VERY EXCITING.
VERY EXCITING.
SO THE SESSION JUST AROUND THE
CORNER, OUR VIEWERS ARE SEEING
THIS ON THE WEEKEND OF THE 18TH
AND THE 20TH AND THE 21ST, 22ND,
LEADING RIGHT ON UP TO THE 25TH
AND THE SESSION CONVENING ON
JANUARY 8TH.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOME
LEGISLATION ALREADY LINED UP
THAT YOU'LL BE PUTTING IN.
ANY LEGISLATION THAT YOU'VE
HEARD ABOUT THAT YOU WOULD WANT
TO JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR VIEWERS
THAT, AGAIN, THAT THEY MAY BE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT?
OR THEY MAY HAVE SOME CONCERN
ABOUT?
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THESE ARE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN
FILED THAT WE JUST HAD A
PRE-FILING PERIOD WHERE YOU
COULD REQUEST EARLY DRAFTS OF
BILLS.
SO THINGS ARE CIRCULATING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING POP UP
THAT'S OF MAJOR CONSEQUENCE
OTHER THAN OUR BILL, HOUSE BILL
1.
I KNOW THERE'S AN EFFORT TO
REPEAL LAST YEAR'S
TRANSPORTATION BILL.
THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
THAT.
WITH THE BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY, WITH THE {MORK}
COMMISSION ON MEDICAID TOMORROW
-- THE MERCK COMMISSION ON
MEDICAID, THE SECRETARY
POSITIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW
CYCLE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS AS PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE
HOLIDAYS AND CONVENING FAMILY,
WE WILL ENGAGE IN SPIRITED
DISCUSSION ABOUT VIRGINIA POLICY
AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND GIVE
US GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
WE CAN STILL FILE UP TO
FIVE BILLS.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SEND IN
YOUR THOUGHTS ON LEGISLATION.
>> AND MOST OF OUR BILLS ARE
STILL IN THE DRAFTING PHASE, SO
IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE TO
OUTLINE THEM IN GREAT DETAIL,
BUT A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES THAT
I'M LOOKING AT, ONE BROAD ONE IS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN A
HUGE ISSUE AND GROWING.
THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO -- ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO HAVE A MODEL
HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW, AND WE
ARE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE DOES
IT MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT IN
VIRGINIA OR DOES IT MAKE SENSE
TO TAKE PIECES OF IT.
NOT SURE IF ANYTHING WILL BE
INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S
DEFINITELY AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT.
HAD AN OUTGROWTH IN THE LAST
YEAR, I HAD AN ANTI-BULLYING
BILL.
I RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS OVER
THE YEAR LOOKING AT VIOLENCE AND
BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE.
WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING THAT.
AND SOME OF THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS THAT
SOMETIMES LEAD TO LEGISLATION,
HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND,
THEY PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO
ALLOW CHICKENS IN THE CITY, AND
WE GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF
CHRIS'S CONSTITUENTS THAT
THERE'S A CODE SECTION DEALING
WITH THE RIGHT TO KILL DOGS THAT
COME AFTER LIVESTOCK, AND I
DON'T THINK THAT WAS ANTICIPATED
IN AN URBAN SETTING WHEN THEY
ALLOWED CHICKENS, SO WE'RE SEE
{FG} THAT WILL CREATE A CONFLICT
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HAVE
IN AN URBAN SETTING.
SOMETIMES IT'S THE BIG-PICTURE
ISSUES TO VERY SMALL.
WE DIDN'T THINK OF THAT WHEN WE
DID THIS LAST YEAR.
SO -- AND THEN THERE'S STILL A
LOT OF STUFF, AS CHRIS SAID, YET
TO POP UP, NOT ON ANYBODY'S
RADAR, BUT COULD VERY MUCH END
UP ON THE AGENDA.
>> I SERVE AS THE COMMISSION ON
-- AS THE CHAIRMAN OR THE
COMMISSION ON YOUTH, AND LOOKING
AT FOSTER CARE REFORM, ADOPTION
HAS BEEN A GREAT INITIATIVE, TO
ADOPT A THOUSAND CHILDREN OUT OF
FOSTER CARE, WE'RE GETTING VERY
CLOSE TO THAT THOUSAND MARK IN
JUST A SHORT TIME, WHICH IS
EXCITING.
BUT RELATED TO CHILDREN AND
YOUTH, EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS SO
CRITICAL TO BEING ABLE TO READ
ON GRADE LEVEL, BEING SCHOOL
READY, ALSO BEING CAREER AND
COLLEGE READY.
THE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PUBLISHED A BLUEPRINT FOR
VIRGINIA, AND PART OF THAT IS A
FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION.
WE HAD A DEBATE ABOUT MANDATORY
PRE-K.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THIS IS ABOUT QUALITY CHILDCARE
EDUCATION FOR PARENTS WHO NEED
TO BE IN THE WORKPLACE AND GOOD
BEGIN FOGS YOUTH, AND IMPORTANT
FOR OUR ECONOMY AND JOBS, AND
ALSO REDUCES CRIME LONG TERM,
DRUG USE, ALL KINDS OF THINGS
RELATE TO THAT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A BILL I'VE
BEEN DISCUSSING WITH ONE OF
JENNIFER'S COLLEAGUES IN HER
CAUCUS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE
CALLED A WORKING FAMILY TAX
CREDIT, THOSE WHO MAKE THAT
DECISION AT SOME POINT WHERE THE
MONEY YOU'RE MAKING IS ABOUT THE
SAME AS THE MONEY IT COSTS YOU
TO SEND THEM TO DAYCARE, AND
THAT'S A VERY BAD POSITION FOR A
FAMILY TO BE IN, ESPECIAL {SLI}
WHERE SOMEONE WANTS TO WORK
WHERE, AS A SOCIETY, WE WANT
PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED IN THE
ECONOMY AND COMMERCE, AND WE
WANT CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT GOOD
START SO.
WE NEED TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN
ENABLE FAMILIES TO CONTINUE TO
BE ENGAGED IN WORKING AS WELL AS
GOOD EDUCATION FOR KIDS.
>> YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING, REFERRING TO YOU AS
THE DYNAMIC DUO, AND I MEAN THAT
IN A REAL GENUINE SENSE, AND
PART OF IT IS TWO DIFFERENT
POLITICAL PARTIES REPRESENTING
VERY MUCH AN URBAN AREA AND THEN
AN AREA THAT'S MORE
SUBURBAN AND EVEN FARMING AND
RURAL, BUT STILL WORKING
TOGETHER TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
AND DURING THE
UPCOMING SESSION, UNFORTUNATELY,
PEOPLE WON'T HEAR THAT MUCH
ABOUT COLLABORATIONS AND WORKING
TOGETHER, IF THERE ARE FOOD
FIGHTS THEY'LL SEE THOSE.
IF THERE ARE DISPUTES AND
ANGERS, THEY'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU, IN THIS SEASON
PRIOR TO THE SESSION OF HELPING
OUR VIEWERS SEE THE CIVILITY
THAT DOES OCCUR HERE AT THE
CAPITOL.
DELEGATE McCLELLAN, DELEGATE
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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