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Floor Speeches & Statements

2014 General Assembly Session

Medicaid Expansion Speech (Feb 14, 2014)
February 14, 2014
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2014
General Assembly 2014
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Medicaid Expansion Speech (Jan 30, 2014)
January 30, 2014
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Floor Speeches 2014
General Assembly 2014
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Speech in Support of Attorney General Herring’s Position on Marriage Equality (Jan 23, 2014)
January 23, 2014
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Floor Speeches 2014
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Medicaid Expansion Speech (Jan 20, 2014)
January 22, 2014
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2014
General Assembly 2014

Do we have a responsibility to help Virginia’s hospitals as engines of economic opportunity and providers of critical services? Last week, we heard several floor speeches exploring whether, how, when, and under what conditions we can expand health care coverage to up to 400,000 uninsured Virginians. I am optimistic that we can find a way — a Virginia […]

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Medicaid Expansion Speech (Jan 15, 2014)
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2014
General Assembly 2014

Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the House, I rise today in support of the new Governor’s efforts to assist some 400,000 Virginians who do not presently have health insurance. In the Governor’s recent address to this joint assembly, he made a strong business case for why it is in our economic interest to find […]

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2013 General Assembly Session

Toscano speech on Transportation Bill
February 22, 2013
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2013

Ladies and gentleman of the House, This is perhaps the most important vote that I have cast in my eight years here in this chamber. Many of our constituents are very cynical about politics these days. You hear them all the time. Some of them simply call your office and ask that something be done […]

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Statement on the Dragas Reappointment Vote
January 29, 2013
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2013

“We speak a lot about responsibility and accountability in this chamber. Today we have the opportunity to make a statement, loudly and clearly, that we not only value those two principles but one that lies at the heart of Mr. Jefferson’s University – the concept of honor. The events of last spring at the University, […]

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2012 General Assembly Session

Toscano Statement on Education
February 10, 2012
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2012

“Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House: I rise this morning to again draw attention to what should be one of the number one priorities in this year’s budget – education. Education is important not just to provide our children the skills they will need to compete in a complex economy, but for continued […]

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1st Floor Speech as House Democratic Leader
January 11, 2012
David Toscano
Floor Speeches 2012

The 2012 General Assembly Session got under way on January 11, 2012, at 12:00 noon. Delegate David J. Toscano gave his first floor speech today as the new House Democratic Leader. Below are his comments.  You may view the speech here. “I rise today with a new role in this chamber, but not with a […]

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