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Howell, a fellow Stafford County resident, appreciated Howell’s support for him in the primary, but thinks the House has increasingly come under control of conservatives who have put social issues ahead of investments in education, transportation and human services.
“Our obligation as policymakers is to see where there is a problem, to think beyond our current term of office, and to look down the road and frame the questions in a way that citizens know the real choices that we are weighing,” he said.
He noted a long lists of problems facing Virginia, including a slow economy, huge road needs, adequate funding of institutions of higher learning and public schools, and a
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