Abigail Spanberger

Virginia is building the best workforce in America, and industry is taking notice.

Virginia is a place where we want this type of in a nation and we want these newer growing technologies, that is part of making them more widely available.

Understanding the complexity of this moment, we knew that this year’s Energy Plan needed to do more than present a prescriptive path forward, it needed to analyze the options before us.

Our future depends on our ability to support working families and prepare the next generation for success.

The potential impacts of AI are too great to leave the regulation of this technology solely in the hands of private entities, especially when the CEOs of those same companies are also sounding the alarm on the significant risks presented…

The framework, she added, “is an opportunity for us to take action and ensure that we are moving forward.”

We are in a place where day by day, community members are demanding action.

While (localities are) looking at what’s available to them as a potential option, it is up to our communities… But the state has to show leadership.

For those that are up and running and already operating, we have the ability and intention to continue to make sure that into the future we are holding them to greater and greater standards.

The Framework is a thorough plan to end data center secrecy, protect our environment, lower energy costs for families, bolster our clean energy economy, and make sure Virginia workers have the protections and assurances they deserve.

State government should work for the people it serves — and that means making sure Virginians can access the services they need quickly, easily, and reliably.

While preserving the enrolled bill’s focus on allowing public employees to achieve collective bargaining, my amendments would have also provided additional flexibility for public employers to take into account existing local budget…

My heart is with these young students, their parents and families, and the teachers and staff at the school.

The continued attacks that we're seeing from the Trump administration [are] really just an effort to get people fearful, to get to stay home, and in many cases, to eliminate what is a valid, safe, secure way for people to be able to make…

If you are serving our country abroad, I believe that you should have the ability to cast a vote in our elections. The Trump Administration is attempting to take that ability away.

Cutting a tax sounds like a good idea. But... the provider tax change is pulling back dollars that had gone to hospitals and is one additional way that this bill is negatively impacting the basic operations of hospitals across Virginia.

We are lessening the risk that individuals may walk into a hospital with an emergency need because they haven’t previously sought medical care.

President Trump’s new 50% tariffs on Canada will disrupt supply chains and raise costs for Virginia businesses of every size and in every industry, and retaliatory tariffs will hurt Virginians.

Thank you for helping my administration achieve key goals since I took office, including raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

While (the One Big Beautiful Bill) passed Congress along partisan lines, the hurt it will cause to hardworking Virginians, young families, rural health clinics, safety net hospitals and ultimately, Virginia’s economy knows no party.

In the wake of (the Department of Government Efficiency’s) slashing of our federal workforce, Virginia continued to lose jobs in FY26.

By bringing together our first responders, state agencies, businesses, and community partners, we are ensuring Virginia is fully equipped to anticipate, respond to, and recover from any threat.

As Governor, I remain skeptical of the benefits this merger would deliver to Virginia — particularly if those benefits come at the expense of affordability, existing jobs, or meeting our homegrown clean energy goals.

Additional steps we can take to improve safety and transparency within VADOC facilities.