In his annual state of the commonwealth address Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin discusses test scores, Opioid Crisis and need to improve the foster care system. Governor youngkin and was born in richmond has been serving as governor since 2022 his speech at the kate State Capitol is about 45 minutes. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] thank you. Thank you. [applause] okay. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, madam president , Lieutenant Governor earl sears, attorney general, members of our General Assembly, chief justice a good one and the justices of our supreme court. Members of my cabinet and my fellow virginians, what an honor it is to be with you this afternoon. Today we gather and our commonwealth capitol. Not as republicans, not as democrats, but as virginians. And what an honor it is to welcome 54 members of the haGeneral Assembly that are in their new seats. [applause] and as we open this next chapter we mark a yet another trailblazing
And brought you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. We are pleased to have join us this week on the communicators, the vicechairman of the energy and Commerce Committee, representative marsha blackburn, a republican from tennessee. Congressman blackburn, with everything going on in the house right now, if we could just start on the big picture here, what are the chances that there will be any telecom or techrelated or cyberrelated legislation passing in the house this year . Rep. Blackburn when you look at the big picture, i think that overall you will see the house settle down. We will choose a speaker, the problem that we have right now is that it is a growing pains problem. We are a big party with a big tent. You have moderate republicans, you have very conservative republicans. And having everyone agree on a leader and agreed to come to the table and work things out is going to be an important first step. I think you will see us kind of work through that
Trump half baked nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. Is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other dogma of the past that americans consigned to the ash heap of history. Also igniting a new controversy with former president s and gold star families. A false claim that most former president s did not call families of Fallen Service members. Ive written them personal letters. Theyve been sent or are going out tonight. If you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. Earlier you said that president obama never called the families of Fallen Soldiers. How can you make that claim . I dont know if he did. No, no. In fact, i was told that he didnt often. And a lot of president s dont. They write letters. You were told that based on what . Excuse me, peter. I do a combination of both. Sometimes its a very difficult thing to do. And this morning officials and some of those fami
LGBTQ youth are put in danger by lack of support I want to thank Morgan Polikoff for the recently published California Voice commentary (“Despite divide on LGBTQ issues in schools, path to parental support exists,” March 31). It conveys important information and an even-keeled approach to solving aspects of that divide. I wish the essay […]