February 26, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2

House Commodore, Mr. Clerk, Mr. Speaker, members of the House. So we have adopted the very large uncontested calendar block. So there were 30 objections. We'll just move them in numeric order. So first up, we come to page five. There is an objection for item number one. Item one, number 8H. That item is now before you. It's available to the public and to the body here. Shall the committee amendment be agreed to. Clerk, close the row. Ayes, 65, knows 32. Aye, 65. Knows 32. The Commitment Committee amendment is agreed to. Over on page 13 an objection was raised to item 100, item 50, number 1H, which is now before the body. Delegate from Scott County, Delegate Kilgore. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just a brief briefly speaking to the amendment. Mr. Speaker. We're about to spend $2.5 million to create a permanent taxpayer funded litigation unit whose primary purpose is to sue the federal government. Let's call it what it is. It's not about protecting Virginians from some specific unlawful action. This is about institutionalizing political warfare. We have an attorney general, we have a full staff over there. They can sue the federal government just like…