Glenn Youngkin in 2022 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Crime:
Return respect to those who wear the uniform
We will comprehensively fund higher salaries, better training, investments in equipment. We will protect qualified immunity for law enforcement. We will invest in community policing programs to build trust between law enforcement
and the communities they serve and protect.We will return respect to the men and women who wear the uniform all law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and first responders who take an oath to keep us all safe.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
On Education:
We will teach all of our history: the good and the bad
We'll start where the future is determined in the classroom preparing Virginia's children to be Career or College ready. Starting today, we will raise standards, raise teacher pay, invest in facilities and children with disabilities.
We will create innovation lab and charter schools of achievement--within the public school system. We will remove politics from the classroom and re-focus on essential math, science and reading. And we will teach all of our history the good and the bad.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
On Education:
Parents should have a say in what is taught in school
We've tried to silence the people most responsible for the lives of young children --- their parents. Parents should have a say in what is taught in school, because in Virginia, parents have a fundamental right to make decisions with regards to
their child's upbringing, education and care. To parents I say, "we respect you. And we will empower you in the education of your children."
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
On Principles & Values:
The most exceptional nation the world has ever known
My fellow Virginians, I come to this moment, and to this office, knowing we must bind the wounds of division. Restore trust. Find common cause for the common good. And strengthen the spirit of Virginia. And to be clear this spirit of Virginia is not
about government deciding for us what is best for us. But rather reflecting the will of the people. Defending and protecting the rights guaranteed by our constitution. And a government and elected leaders going to work for "We the People".
We must venture forward because a new and better day is ahead of us. After all, we are Virginians whose leaders gave birth to the most exceptional nation the world has ever known. Yes, a country with chapters of great injustice.
But also a country birthed on the fundamental notion of freedom. A nation whose ideas and ideals have been replicated and memorialized around the globe for nearly 250 years.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
On Principles & Values:
Faith in a loving God, whose presence can be felt here today
What is seared in our heart by a loving, almighty Creator is not a desire for power or conquest, not a love of self, or personal advancement. Rather it's a belief that life is worth living when we serve a greater cause than self when we
love without expecting favor in return and when we set aside ego for the greater good. We are one Virginia. We are all sailing in the same boat. With faith in a loving God, whose presence can be felt here today.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
On Tax Reform:
We will double the standard deduction on income taxes
Starting today, we will tackle the high cost of living. We will suspend for a year the recent tax increase on gasoline, and eliminate the grocery tax altogether.
In addition, we will double the standard deduction on income taxes, rein in skyrocketing property taxes, provide the largest tax rebate in Virginia's history, and cut taxes on our military veterans' retirement benefits.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Virginia legislature
Jan 15, 2022
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