The Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee received introductory overview presentations from two newly installed cabinet secretaries — Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Stanley Meader and Secretary of Transportation Nick Donahue — with no legislation acted upon. Members pressed both secretaries on recruitment and retention challenges across public safety agencies and on VDOT's communication practices, housing cost impacts, and road safety fatality trends.
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Delegate Paul Krizek argued that delegates are 'the last to know' when VDOT conducts projects or town meetings, stating 'I feel it's a state agency and it should be responsive to the state elected representatives.' Secretary Donahue acknowledged the concern, stating 'we will certainly be in touch on ways we can improve that process.'
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“I applied to the FBI in August of 2001 and then served as a first responder to the Pentagon on 9 11, which at that time, as I have shared with several other committees, really solidified my commitment to career service, that I do my part to ensure that we protect the American people and that I do my part to ensure something like that never happens again.”
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Sign in to subscribeRolls and we'll take attendance. Okay. We do have a quorum, so welcome, everyone. I am Delegate David Reed representing House District 28, which is in the eastern portion of Loudoun County. And since we have a new subcommittee with new members, I'm going to start and have everybody introduce themselves. And then on the agenda today, we have two presentations from Secretary of Public Safety Meter and also Secretary of Transportation Donahue. And that's the order that will go in. I'm not sure how we drew lots, but that's what we're going to be doing. And so I'll go ahead and start on my right with Delegate McQuinn, and if you'll do the introductions, we'll go down and then we'll come back and we'll go to the folks here on my left. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is delegate Dolores McQuinn, representing the 81st district, which is. Is all of Charles City, a part of eastern Henrico, and then northern Chesterfield. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Paul Krezak, and I'm the former chair of the subcommittee. And it's great to be here with the new chair. And I represent the 16th district, which is…
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