VA Chamber floor session on 2026-02-16. 213 votes recorded.
House will come to order. Members, please take your seats. Head page. The House is now in session. All persons not entitled to privileges of the floor, please retire to the gallery. The members will rise and be led in prayer by Pastor Stephen Smith, Cobbs, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Herndon, and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, which will be led by the delegate from Alexandria, Delegate Herring. Together, let us pray. O holy One, creator of us all and source of all that is good. We gather here in this house as diverse people united in the common purpose of faithfully serving the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia on this president's day. Help us to heed the wisdom of our elders, especially that of presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. May our earnest prayer be the same as President Washington's, that God would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice and to love mercy. Though we do not share the same opinions about legislation, Help us remember, as President Lincoln wrote, we are not enemies, but friends. That we might seek to be led…
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