“This is good news for Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, but a bad day for sexual assault survivors who simply want their chance to be heard,” said House Courts of Justice Committee Chairman Rob Bell.
“There should be no mistake about what has happened here: the alleged victims are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Republicans are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Democrats in the House of Delegates are refusing to allow that to happen,” charged Speaker of the House of Delegates Kirk Cox.
Measures to mitigate human and sex trafficking were a large part of the Republican Party’s agenda in the 2019 legislative session in Richmond, which included other bills to enhance the criminal justice system.
House Republicans will move forward with giving the two women who accused Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault a chance to be heard, as they requested. Democrats have declined to participate in the bipartisan process proposed by Speaker Cox.
Terry McAuliffe joins Tim Kaine in opposing Kathy Tran’s third trimester abortion bill, which many Republicans and Democrats have called extreme. Despite their opposition, 22 Democrats co-sponsored the measure, and remain signed on to the legislation, as do Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax, and Mark Herring.
While tens of millions of vehicles in the U.S. are under a Takata-branded air bag recall, Delegate Rob Bell is pushing legislation to levy larger penalties on mechanics and others who “knowingly” install defective air bags.
