Demo Memo: Week of January 13th, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS
1/15 Virginia Blue Celebration
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Last Week Virginia made HERstory!
More than 400 years after its founding, the Virginia House of Delegates elected the first woman as its speaker, as Del. Eileen Filler-Corn assumed power on a day of firsts in a chamber now under Democratic control for the first time in more than 20 years.
Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, took the oath of office from Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Lemons at 12:27 p.m. on Wednesday to begin a 60-day General Assembly session that she promised would deliver Democratic priorities — ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, undoing discriminatory laws and practices, imposing new restrictions on firearms, and addressing the threat of climate change.
“A new torch is being passed today, one that ushers in a modern era, representing all Virginians,” she said in a nearly 20-minute address to a chamber packed with almost 200 dignitaries and guests who applauded loudly and often.
RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam called for an ambitious agenda of change Wednesday night as the Virginia General Assembly opened its annual legislative session with a series of historic firsts.
“It’s a proud moment to look out and see a General Assembly that reflects, more than ever, the Virginia we see every day. This is truly an historic night,” Northam (D) said in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech before the Senate and House of Delegates.
