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It is not right that Virginians are working harder and harder just to afford the rising cost of food, electricity, and health care.

We also reiterate our request for an all-Senators briefing on election threats, including efforts to influence election outcomes through influence or cyber-enabled means.

In light of our concerns, and consistent with past practice, we request that ODNI, CISA, FBI, and NSA provide regular briefings to congressional staff starting immediately and continuing through the November 2026 midterm elections.

Although we are less than 6 months from the election and less than three months from the start of early voting in several states, ODNI’s election security efforts for this election cycle are clearly still in their infancy.

I anticipate appealing the denial of the [preliminary injunction].

One of the things Mason was concerned about, and it came out of the Stuart era that led into the Glorious Revolution and the right to bear arms being broadly spread out, was the Stuarts’ use of select militias.

And famously, Mason said, we are the militia. They are the whole people, and that was never disputed in that time period and the Commonwealth didn’t dispute that.

I started, particularly here at the 250th anniversary [of Virginia’s constitution being adopted], by reflecting on sections one, two, and three of the Declaration of Rights, which were adopted at the same time as Section 13.

All of the Second Amendment case law you’re familiar with, Heller, Bruen, et cetera, Miller, is merely persuasive authority.

That means no one has had a legal dispute that will turn on the questions that this case will turn on before.

We would not have a country without our men and women in our military. They risk and, in some cases, give their lives for us.

As artificial intelligence advances at an extraordinary pace, and as the data centers and energy infrastructure that power it continue to expand, we have a responsibility to fully understand its environmental impacts,

At first, I thought, well, you know, you elect people to Congress, they make important decisions. Don’t you trust them? And will you trust them with personal finances? And I came to see that, over time, really everything that Congress is…

I will say that this is an issue where I’ve changed my opinion over time. I will support the STOCK Act.

States had no say in this design and no time to prepare.

The Trump administration’s dramatic reduction of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) staff, defunding of the MSISAC, and cutting over $700 million in CISA’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget demonstrates a dangerous…

I came to see that, over time, really everything that Congress is doing has eroded that trust.

The resolve and resilience of Ukrainians in defending their homeland from Russian forces has been commendable, and the international community must continue to do all we can to ensure Ukraine has what it needs to be successful on the…