The 2015 General Assembly Session opened on Wednesday, January 14 and got off to a brisk start. Delegates old and new are working hard to get a lot done in a short, 46 day session. I look forward to a productive session working for you in Richmond this year. Speaker Bill Howell opened up the […]
As we prepare for the upcoming General Assembly Session, I wanted to share two opportunities for you to convey your thoughts on the various issues impacting our Commonwealth. As your Delegate, the best way for me to represent you is by hearing from you! Your input is a critical componenet in shaping my position on […]
Join Delegate Wilt for a call night on Tuesday, October 28 from 6:30 until 9:00 at the Harrisonburg Victory Office, located at 182 Neff Avenue, Harrisonburg. There will be pizza and door prizes provided! Come out and support our candidates in this final week before Election Day!
Election Day will be here before we know it and the key race in Virginia this election season is certainly heating up! Ed Gillespie is quickly gaining momentum and favor among voters in the final days leading up until the election. Mark Warner has had a difficult past few weeks and even his allies won’t […]
Please note that our Harrisonburg district office phone number has changed. It is now (540) 208-0735. Please be sure to update your records to reflect this change. Also, if you were not already aware, we recently changed office locations. We are now located at 420 Neff Avenue, Suite 130, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Please feel free […]
I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day! I enjoyed seeing many of you at the Harrisonburg parade in the evening, thanks to everyone that came out. Valley Business Summit As you might recall, last year several area legislators along with local business and economic development organizations hosted a business summit at Blue Ridge Community […]
The Commonwealth of Virginia officially has a budget in place for the upcoming biennium. The Governor signed the budget on June 21. However, before signing he issued eight line-item vetoes that we returned to Richmond to address Monday evening. Of the eight, two were ruled out of order, one was overturned by the House but […]
Yesterday officially marked the halfway point of session, otherwise known as “crossover.” It’s the last day that the House can consider legislation that originated in the House and the last day that the Senate can consider legislation that originated in the Senate (the exception being the budget bills). While I still want to take this […]
With less than two weeks until crossover, the General Assembly is deep in deliberation over numerous issues that are of importance to the citizens of the Commonwealth. The daily floor session has gotten progressively longer, and committee meetings are often running even longer yet. In this update, I wanted to go ahead and outline several […]
The 2014 General Assembly Session officially began this past Wednesday, January 8. While we have 15 new faces in the House of Delegates this year, in addition to a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, there are several familiar traditions that were honored this past week. The first order of business was the swearing-in […]