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I am honored to have represented the people of the 28th District for over 20 years in the Virginia House of Delegates. I’m also grateful for the opportunity to lead this nearly 400-year old institution as Speaker. Acting with wisdom, integrity, and compassion are goals to which I aspire daily in conducting the people’s business.

The support of friends, my constituents, and colleagues has given me many responsibilities and challenges as a citizen-legislator. Yet, the privilege of serving in the House of Delegates offers even more opportunities to improve people’s every day lives, and do what’s best for Virginia.

I will continue my efforts to advance common sense principles, practical solutions and real results. We also need to offer greater freedom, hope and opportunities for all citizens to apply their talents, live their ideals, and pursue their dreams. That is what the Republican majority in the House is all about.

Already, we’ve accomplished a lot to improve the quality of life for all Virginians:

• Raised state support for public education, delivered higher student achievement, and made public schools better.
• Increased access to affordable, 21st Century higher education opportunities through greater financial aid and cutting-edge research endeavors.
• Lowered taxes for the benefit of hard-working families, job-creating businesses, and a stronger economy.
• Protected Virginia's pro-business, pro-growth economic climate from attacks on the state's Right to Work statute and stopped misguided efforts to increase burdensome regulations and job-killing taxes.
• Focused scarce taxpayer dollars on the core responsibilities of state government and instituted fiscally responsible reforms to slow the rate of budget growth to help ensure state government runs more efficiently and effectively.
• Invested in Virginia's long-term transportation infrastructure in order to reduce congestion and increase mobility while maximizing private sector dollars and expertise to complete projects faster and at less cost.
• Made it easier for small businesses to offer affordable health insurance to their employees and for seniors to purchase long-term care health insurance.
• Increased access to care for Virginia's most vulnerable citizens with mental illnesses, including returning veterans with post-traumatic stress disorders and brain injuries.
• Put free-market tools to work against “sprawl” and for land conservation and open space protection of Virginia’s natural resources while cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

With our shared values in action, I’m optimistic about Virginia’s future. Together, we will ensure that our children are well educated, our communities safer, our families healthier and more secure, our lives more prosperous, and our quality of life even better.