Gov. Abigail Spanberger wasted no time during her first day in office, signing 10 executive orders Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol aimed at boosting affordability and steering the commonwealth away from former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin鈥檚 policies on education, immigration, diversity and public safety.
Like many Democrats nationwide, Spanberger seized on the affordability issue on the campaign trail, and three of her 10 executive orders centered around lowering costs for Virginians.
One order directs all the state’s executive branch agencies to find ways to ; another establishes a task force to make more efficient and lower costs; the final affordability minded order mandates a review of practices to encourage more development.
“Whether it’s cutting red tape within the government or enacting policy that provides relief, we must address high housing costs, health care, child care and energy costs,” Spanberger said Saturday.
Changes to the federal workforce have had a particularly significant impact in Northern Virginia, and that’s also something Spanberger addressed with her initial wave of executive action. With the stroke of a pen Saturday, she created the Economic Resiliency Task Force, which will coordinate a .
“We need a full assessment of the federal funds that have been cut, delayed, reduced or potential projected impacts that we may see in the future, and we need recommendations for how we can mitigate the damage 鈥� current or future,” Spanberger said.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia鈥檚 Center for Politics, told 海角精品黑料 Spanberger is carrying forward her positive momentum by getting to work quickly.
鈥淪panberger won by a massive landslide, unlike Younkin鈥檚 very narrow victory,鈥� Sabato said. 鈥淔ifteen and a half points is a pretty incredible victory, and it gives her a lot of capital to spend. And she鈥檚 going to spend it. She only has four years,鈥� he said.
Virginia governors are limited to one four-year term.
Spanberger’s final order Saturday related to , another response to President Donald Trump and his administration’s priorities. Her order rescinds executive action taken by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin that increased cooperation between local and state police and federal immigration enforcement authorities.
Democrats nationwide have called for limiting cooperation and criticized the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency whose officers have been deployed to major cities across the country and tasked with deporting immigrants who are in the country without legal permission.
Congressional Democrats have also floated the idea of holding up funding for ICE.
“Virginia state and local law enforcement officers must be able to focus on their rapport, responsibilities, investigating crime and community policing,” Spanberger said.
Other orders were aimed at targeting discrimination, bolstering education and making sure her office can respond to crisis or emergency situations.
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“Executive orders represent just the beginning, first steps that we are taking to make a more affordable Virginia, a safer Virginia and one focused on ensuring that the future of all of our kids is bright,” Spanberger said.
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