"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."
"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."
"How many people have with a concealed carry permit have committed a crime in Virginia? ...The answer is zero."
"Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."
Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."
The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
In Virginia, "the woman has the right to talk to the doctor who’s going to perform the abortion and (Democrats) wanted to strip that out."…
State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."