Newsletter Archive

January 25, 2008
The General Assembly is finishing our second full week of the 2008 Legislative Session.  The Session has proven to be very busy with about 150 new bills being introduced daily to the House of Delegates.  I am currently working on several bills and I will keep you updated by way of this newsletter on my bills, the bill numbers and the hearing dates.

February 28, 2008
My committee, the Environmental Matters Committee, has been busy hearing bills concerning changes in critical area legislation, renewable energy, foreclosure regulation, affordable housing, common property, and many local government bills. We hear about twelve bills a day over a period of about six hours. This legislative session seems much busier than last year.

March 8, 2008
Difficult decisions remain to be made and the long committee meetings and even longer Floor debates and voting sessions begin.  The House just received the budget from the Senate – so our work on the budget begins.