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Delegate Marshall Receives Courageous Leadership Award
Delegate Marshall receives the Courageous Leadership Award from Chairman Donald Blake of the Virginia Christian Alliance
[Award was given in Ken Cuccinelli’s office on July 25, 2012.]
The “Courageous” Leadership Award for the 2012 Virginia General Assembly session for members of the House was presented to Delegate Kathy Byron (R-22nd) for her steadfast courage in supporting her pro-family, pro-life legislation. In the face of much public pressure and personal attacks, she stood strong on her position. [Del. Byron’s award will be given at a later date due to scheduling.]
The “Courageous” Leadership Award for the 2012 Virginia General Assembly session for members of the Senate was presented to Senators Phillip P. Puckett (D-38th) and Charles J. Colgan (D-29th). Both of these long-serving members of the Virginia Senate, under much duress, broke rank with their party and voted for positive pro-family, pro-life legislation. They both deserve special recognition for their steadfastness in standing for their beliefs and standing for life. [Senator Puckett’s award will be given at a later date due to scheduling.]
The Pastor’s Leadership Award was awarded to Bishop Dr. Joseph D. Henderson, Sr. and the Bragg Family Life Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Bishop Henderson’s leadership contributed greatly to the “changing of the old guard” in the Virginia Senate. The “changing of the old guard” in the Senate allowed for passage of long delayed pro-family, pro-life, “pro-Virginia” legislation.
The Freshman Legislator of the Virginia General Assembly 2012 Session Award was presented to Senator Bryce E. Reeves of Fredericksburg, Virginia (R-17th). Bryce Reeves played an active and important role in his leadership of pro-family, pro-life legislation in his first session.
The Virginia Christian Alliance’s Affiliate of the Year Award was presented to No Excuse Ministries and its founder, Mrs. Terry Beatley. Terry Beatley and her ministries were the force behind the election in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County that brought back pro-family, pro-life leadership to the Virginia Senate.
The Virginia Christian Alliance is very pleased to present these awards and very grateful for the efforts of each of these ladies and gentlemen for their efforts to promote and protect the families of our Commonwealth.
CONTACT:
Virginia Christian Alliance, Chairman, Don Blake (804) 651-1700 don@vachristian.org
Catherine Marshall’s Statement
The words attributed to my husband, Delegate Bob Marshall, almost 3 years ago, were taken out of context and the student reporter later admitted it was a paraphrase, not an exact quote. My husband strongly believes that every child is a gift from God regardless of the circumstances of his or her birth or stage of life. He also opposes abortion which is often used to end the lives of disabled preborn children.
For many years I volunteered and worked with disabled children. One of our grandson’s died of Trisomy 13 at three months of age. One of our three adopted children had a 50-50 chance of inheriting a genetic condition which would have caused disability and death in early adulthood. (Years later we found out her birth mother did not carry this gene.) Our family gladly cared for in our home, my father who had dementia and could never be left alone. My husband incurred the wrath of his own Republican Party leaders because he refused to back down after meeting with hundreds of families who had children with autism, when Republicans refused to vote on providing insurance coverage for autism. Read more
Stop Burning Food
BOB MARSHALL APPLAUDS BOB McDONNELL’S REQUEST FOR ETHANOL WAIVER
Delegate Sought Governor’s Action Because Drought Is Driving Up Cost of Food and Gasoline
Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, today (Aug. 30) hailed Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Aug. 27 request that, because of nationwide drought conditions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waive the federal mandate to divert a portion of America’s corn crop from food production to make ethanol for gasoline.
“Burning food during a record-breaking nationwide drought is economic and moral folly,” Marshall said, noting that he wrote McDonnell on Aug. 2 urging that the governor seek a waiver allowed under the congressionally required, EPA-administered ethanol from corn fuel mandate.
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Homeowner Help Workshops, Free Help to Avoid Foreclosure
A number of workshops are coming up to help you avoid foreclosure or get a better handle on your mortgage situation. There are two versions of the same flyer found below.
- Please click here to download the English version.
- Please click here to download the Spanish version.
Power Outages and Cooling Centers
For all those still without power you can contact Dominion Power at 1-866-366-4357 or via their website at www.dom.com or NOVEC at 1-888-335-0500 or www.novec.com.
Dominion Virginia power has now restored service to more than 75 percent of the more than 1 million customers left without service when severe thunderstorms struck the company’s system on Friday and Saturday evenings. They still estimate that they will have service restored to 80-85 percent of all customers affected by the storms by Tuesday night and 90-95 percent by Thursday night.
The weather remains hot across Virginia, and those remaining without power, especially the elderly and persons with medical conditions, should get to a safe place, such as a cooling center, that does have electricity.
Two cooling centers will be opened Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Prince William County residents.
•Ferlazzo Building Gymnasium, 15941 Donald Curtis Dr, Woodbridge
•Bull Run Middle School, 6308 Catharpin Road, Gainesville
Statement, Delegate Bob Marshall author of Virginia law challenging Obamacare
“No federal money for Obamacare”
Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall at the Supreme June, June 28, 2012.
Manassas, VA – “There appears to be no branch of the National Government which can be trusted by citizens.
The Supreme Court claims it can redefine an act of Congress to be a tax even when Congress and the President say it is not. Congress and the President can deceive the American public and never have to go on record to raise taxes again because the Supreme Court will do it for them even though the Constitution says that taxing power lies only with the Congress.
Merely passing a repeal of Obamacare as proposed by Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) can and will be ignored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
Therefore, Congressional Republicans’ opposition to Obamacare will be taken seriously by the public only if they vote to defund every part of Obamacare IMMEDIATELY by attaching prohibitions on all thirteen Appropriations bills forbidding the use of any funds to implement any aspect of the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act!
Virginia’s own James Madison pointed out that the ‘power over the purse may, in
fact, be regarded as the most complete and effectual weapon … for obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every just and salutary measure.’ [Federalist Papers, # 58]
A clear determination by Congressional Republicans to cut off Obamacare funding will start the real fight and cannot be ignored by Harry Reid and President Obama.
Promising more appointments of Conservative judges is illusory because the fifth vote supporting Obamacare came from Chief Justice Roberts who was a George Bush appointee.
I applaud Governor Mitt Romney’s pledge to repeal Obamacare if he is elected in November. But Republicans in Congress need to act decisively before November if they want rank and file Americans who are concerned over America’s future to work for their re-election.
To repeat, if Republicans in the House of Representatives and Senate want to show Americans they are serious about stopping Obamacare, they must support amendments to each of the thirteen Appropriations bills they will pass this year to fund the federal government prohibiting the use of any funds to implement Obamacare.”
Delegate Bob Marshall can be reached using the following links:
- delegatebob@gmail.com
- 703-853-4213
- www.facebook.com/delegatebob
- www.twitter.com/RobertGMarshall
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Delegate Bob Marshall on Fox News discussing the VA Healthcare Freedom Act in 2010
Delegate Bob Marshall’s Statement on Judicial Appointee Tracy-Thorne Begland
STATEMENT OF: Delegate Bob Marshall (R., Manassas)
SUBJECT: Rejection of Tracy Thorne-Begland’s Judicial Nomination
DATE: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Virginia House of Delegates has properly rejected the selection of Tracy Thorne-Begland as a candidate for a judgeship.
A state judge has a critically important role in our state and our society. When we go into court, we must know that the judge who decides our case wants to preserve the rule of law by finding the law in our constitutions, statutes, and prior decisions of the court. We do not need more judges who want to use their position to remake the law in their own image. We must know that the person who embodies the authority of the Commonwealth in that courtroom has a judicial temperament – is an impartial decision maker. Particularly in District Court, where there is no right to jury trial, we must trust the judge to weigh the evidence impartially and render justice under law. Under our system, the advocates in that courtroom are the lawyers, but never the judge. Read more
Marshall Seeks to Remove Homosexual Advocate from Judgeship List
General Assembly to Vote Monday
Legislator Cites Nominee’s Long History as ‘Aggressive Activist for Pro-Homosexual Agenda’
MANASSAS, May 12 – Delegate Bob Marshall said today that he will seek to remove the name of a homosexual activist from a list of proposed District Court judicial appointments if the name remains on the list when it comes to a vote Monday in the Virginia General Assembly.
The judgeship nominee is Tracy Thorne-Begland, a Richmond attorney identified by Marshall (R., Manassas) as “an aggressive activist for the pro-homosexual agenda.”
“After more than a week of pleading by some Republican Caucus members,” Marshall said, “the House Republican leadership has so far declined to removed Mr. Thorne-Begland’s name from the block of nominees,” Marshall said. “If this situation remains unchanged, I will offer an amendment to remove his name.” Read more
Examiner Local Editorial: Virginia first to resist domestic detentions under NDAA
Virginia is the birthplace of James Madison, the author of the Bill of Rights. And so it is fitting that the commonwealth recently became the first state to refuse cooperation with federal authorities in the arrest and indefinite detention, without due process, of Americans suspected of terror-related activities.
That the nation’s oldest legislature had to step up as the backstop to protect residents’ basic rights is a testament to the genius of the political system devised by Madison and his fellow Founding Fathers. But it’s also a chilling reminder that the federal government is capable of turning on its own citizens.
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HB 1160 Is Now Law, General Assembly O.K’s Bob Marshall’s Anti-Detention Bill
Veteran Legislator Thanks ‘Liberty-Minded Citizens’ for Supporting Measure
RICHMOND, April 18 – State Delegate and U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Marshall expressed thanks tonight “to the many liberty-minded citizens across Virginia” for their support of his bill enacted by the Virginia General Assembly today to block agencies and employees of the Commonwealth from taking part in unlimited detention of United States citizens by federal authorities for suspected terrorism.
“With the overwhelming General Assembly acceptance of my bill with several amendments offered by Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia is saying “no thanks” to Congress to any participation in the unconstitutional detention of American citizens without trial, legal counsel, specific charges, or the right to face their accusers,” Marshall said.
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