Welcome to the
official site for Virginia Senator Stephen
H. Martin. This site can be used to find
information on Senator Martin and his work
for the people of Chesterfield County and
the City of Colonial Heights.
February 5, 2010: See
photos from the current General Assembly
Session
With Governor McDonnell's theme of
"Commonwealth of Opportunity," our top
priority this session will be jobs and
strengthening Virginia's economic position.
This week I joined with Governor Bob
McDonnell and the other Republican and
Democrat Chief Patrons of his legislative
package for a press conference. We are going
to get some great things done on this front
in the coming weeks.
Read the entire
report (pdf)
January 23, 2010:
Photos from reception honor retired Colonel
Van T. Barfoot
The
event was held on January 12, 2010 at
Meadowbrook Country Club.
January 15
2010: Update from the
2010 General Assembly Session
Wednesday night's State of the Commonwealth
address was filled mostly with accolades and
expressions of thanks. Very little policy
was discussed. Accolades included our
reputation as a very well run state. We are
proud of these recognitions and they are
many. We have led and kept our economy
stronger than most states throughout the
years with sound fiscal policy. Presently,
the jobless rate and inflation outpacing
income are the greater
problems. Accordingly, we need to focus on
that which creates jobs and leaves money in
taxpayers’ pockets for paying the household
bills.
Read the
entire update.
January 3 2010:
Senator
Martin's Pre-Session thoughts
The 2010 session will
see more of the same battles as previous
years as local governments seek expanded
authority while others resist it. At the
same time certain interests will be seeking
to curtail local authority while local
governments fight to defend it. There will
be turf battles between healthcare
professions, efforts to both increase and
decrease regulatory oversight, establish new
licensures, abortion issue face-offs,
attempts to mandate more coverage on
insurance policies, efforts to both expand
the death penalty and repeal it, etc.
Read
the entire post. (pdf)
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