Mar 30, 2012
Last week was the two year anniversary of Obamacare, which advanced in the Senate by just one vote. George Allen is the leader that will be the deciding vote to repeal and replace Obamacare in the U.S. Senate, but he will need your help. Give a donation today and be a part of George Allen’s strong grassroots fundraising team and help him reach his goal of $25,000 dollars by this Saturday.
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Holding a Veteran-Entrepreneur Roundtable this morning at Old Dominion University as part of “2012: Year of the Entrepreneur.” We also had the great news that Virginian unemployment fell again in February to 5.7%—a new 3 year low.
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This morning, we got the news that February unemployment in Virginia hit a new 3-year low of 5.7%. We are focused on putting in place the policies, tools and resources that will help the private sector create good jobs in every region of the state. Today’s jobs numbers show that Virginia is on the right track.
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Renewable Energy World: “For Virginia, McDonnell is clearly trying to position his state by being the first in the water. The state boasts a strong manufacturing and industrial base along its coastal regions, so it could easily transition toward being a leader in offshore building and installation.”
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Yesterday, we introduced award-winning Virginia wines to top wine and travel journalists and industry leaders in San Francisco. The growth of Virginia’s wine, tourism and film industries is key to keeping our economy strong and providing good, quality jobs for Virginians.
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It is encouraging that Secretary Salazar visited Virginia today to announce a small step forward in the development of our offshore energy resources. Unfortunately this small step forward follows many previous steps back. Virginia was poised to become the first state on the east coast to produce oil and natural gas offshore. This breakthrough would have led to the creation of thousands of new jobs in our state, generated significant new revenues for state and local governments, and led to more domestic energy production. Instead, this Administration cancelled Virginia’s scheduled lease sale for 2011, and pushed any possible lease sales to 2018, at the very earliest.
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Congratulations to the JMU women’s basketball team for their win tonight over Syracuse and advancing to the NWIT championship game!
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The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted unanimously to approve proposed construction of a 479-foot-tall, five-megawatt wind turbine generator prototype three miles off the Eastern Shore town of Cape Charles, on track to be America’s first offshore wind energy turbine. This step forward holds tremendous potential for jobs and for economic development here in the future. Virginia’s unique and efficient permitting process adopted for small energy projects like this one was a critical factor in Gamesa’s choice of Virginia as the location for this U.S. wind energy operation, and today we see the fruit of these proactive policies.
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Secretary of Technology Jim Duffey congratulates a team of students from the Marshall Academy High School of Falls Church, Va., who were among 24 teams nationwide that advanced to the National Finals of the CyberPatriot IV competition last week in Washington, D.C.
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100 years ago today, Dorothy Irene Height was born in Richmond. Dorothy was often noted as the founding matriarch or godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and was a compelling advocate for women and children during the 1950s and 1960s. She continues to live in the hearts and minds of the people of our Commonwealth, these United States and the world. Virginia is today a fairer and more just state because of her extraordinary life.
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