2020 has been a tough year, but in Virginia we do have a lot of good news to celebrate thanks to new leadership in Richmond which has gotten some great things done.
Consider this extraordinary, historic record of progress:
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Consider this extraordinary, historic record of progress:
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The minimum wage is going up. This will take time, but it has been a long time coming. 2/
LGBTQ Virginians are getting important protections, finally. 3/
The General Assembly worked with @GovernorVA to pass important clean energy and climate legislation, and significantly expanded and protected access to voting. 4/ 
After years of people saying it would never happen, Virginia's leaders enacted sweeping gun violence prevention legislation, extreme risk protection orders, including a one-handgun-a-month rule, and a bill to require a background check on every gun sale. This is so important. 5/
They enacted criminal justice reforms, including a higher felony larceny threshold, got rid of driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines, and passed parole reform. And they decriminalized marijuana possession. 6/
Virginia's General Assembly accomplished all this and more earlier this year, and they aren't done.
The special session called by @GovernorVA is underway now to keep our Commonwealth moving forward with things like protecting our elections this fall. 7/
The special session called by @GovernorVA is underway now to keep our Commonwealth moving forward with things like protecting our elections this fall. 7/
Policing reform and criminal justice reform are a key component of that, it's one of the most important things happening in state government right now 8/
COVID-19 hit Virginia hard, but state leaders are working to support the public health response and ensure critical services are in place for all who need them. Keeping Virginians safe during the pandemic is one of the top priorities in the session. 9/
I've been especially focused during the pandemic on housing, and the need to prevent evictions. @GovernorVA's leadership on this has been excellent. 10/
All told, we have a lot to be proud of. The General Assembly, under historically diverse leadership, has passed so much important legislation, much of it patroned by Delegates and Senators from Northern Virginia. This is what progress looks like. 11/11
