Issues
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Jobs |
| Bob McDonnell will be a jobs Governor. He understands that each and every Virginian has been impacted by this economic downturn and that people are anxious about what the future holds. | |
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Education |
| As a father with two children currently enrolled in public schools, and three more who have already benefited from Virginia’s K-12 system, Bob McDonnell knows firsthand the importance of our Commonwealth’s education system. Bob will be focused on supporting parents and students, equipping principals with the tools they need, rewarding excellent teachers and principals with performance pay, improving financial accountability, getting more resources into the classroom, and making charter schools more accessible for Virginia’s children. | |
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More Energy, More Jobs |
| Bob McDonnell will be a jobs Governor. The cornerstone of the McDonnell administration will be an all-out effort to create new jobs and greater opportunities for all Virginians. We need more energy in Virginia at a reasonable price, and that means we must utilize all the resources available to us. Thankfully in Virginia the resources are plentiful, and if we fully develop them all we can be the “Energy Capital of the East Coast.” | |
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Health Care |
| Bob McDonnell has concerns that Washington’s proposed reforms will drive the cost of health care up and jeopardize quality and access. Reforms being discussed in Washington could raise costs for those who already have insurance, harm small business owners and make it harder to create jobs, or shift millions of Virginians from their private insurance into a government run system, raise taxes and increase our deficit even further. Rather than centralizing control of health care at the federal level, or saddling Virginia businesses and workers with new mandates to pay for plans the government thinks they want, we should let individuals and families control their health care decisions. | |
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Taxes and Spending |
| McDonnell, who is unopposed for the Republican nomination, pointed out that unemployment is up and consumer confidence is at its lowest point in 30 years — not the time, he said, to place an additional financial burden on Virginia families. Rather than raising new revenue, McDonnell said, his administration would slash state government expenditures. | |
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Higher Education |
| With a daughter who graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, and one currently enrolled at James Madison University, Bob understands the challenges facing parents and students seeking a high quality education at Virginia’s colleges and universities. | |
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Transportation |
| To attract business and jobs to Virginia, we need to make it easier for citizens to get to work, and for goods to get to the market. This is also a quality of life issue – Virginians should not be spending hours every day away from their family and life because they are stuck in traffic coming home from work. | |
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Public Safety |
| Bob McDonnell has spent his professional life serving the people of Virginia and working with those public safety officials in our communities to keep our families, children and neighborhoods safe. | |
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Environment |
| Bob McDonnell’s record of results from his years as a Delegate and Attorney General can be seen all across Virginia. As Attorney General, he championed legislation to ban the use of phosphorus in detergents for household dishwashing machines and asked for legislation to be introduced to use environmentally sensitive cleaning products in schools. | |
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Government Reform |
| Bob McDonnell and Bill Bolling will provide open, transparent, and accountable government. Taxpayers and voters are the owners of our government agencies and their assets. It is imperative that we provide Virginians with the opportunity to participate more in how their government operates, and have a greater ability to monitor the activities of their elected and appointed officials. | |
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Veterans For McDonnell |
| Bob McDonnell: A Veteran listening to and looking out for our Military, our Veterans, and their Families | |
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Protecting Families |
| “In his first inaugural address, Washington told our young nation, “The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” Values Matter. | |
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2nd Amendment Rights |
| As a member of the House of Delegates and as Attorney General, Bob McDonnell has been an advocate for Virginia’s sportsmen. Bob believes that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitutions clearly states that every law abiding citizen should have the right to own a firearm and that it is an individual right that must be protected. He also understands how important it is that we preserve the proud heritage of Virginia’s sportsmen and to ensure that we continue to pass on all of our hunting and fishing traditions. | |
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