Virginia State Sen. Reeves Wants GOP Nomination to Restore Congress to Regular Order, Support Military, and Limit Spending
April 29, 2022 | Virginia
State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) is running for the GOP nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Reeves said his experience in the General Assembly gives him the skills needed to enact his priorities: bringing Congress back to following the traditional legislative process, limiting spending, and making sure the military has necessary resources.
“I’d like to see us get back to regular order. I think it’s important for the country that Congress get back to a regular budget, not just a continuing resolution, on funding. We’ve got to get to where we have what’s called a single object rule, which means we can’t have these three- and five-thousand page bills where everything’s stacked into one thing,” Reeves told The Virginia Star.
Reeves said without the single object rule, irrelevant legislation about Planned Parenthood could be bundled into a veterans’ bill. A single object rule would require everything in a bill to be germane to the original purpose of the bill.
“I think that would clarify and clean up a lot of what happens in Congress. Those are big, heavy lifts,” Reeves said.
“We need to continue to make sure that our nation’s military is well-equipped, that we have the resources we need,” Reeves said.
He said President Joe Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal demoralized the troops, making it important to focus on recruiting efforts. Reeves also touted his efforts in support of U.S. H.R. 886, signed by President Donald Trump. The legislation establishes a veterans treatment court program, passed after Reeves helped start a similar program in Virginia.
On the budget, Reeves said, “We’ve got to look at the debt ceiling. We’ve got to stop spending. And so, I’m not saying I’m going to be a budget hawk, but certainly, I’m going to have a lot of input on that.”
He said his experience as a senator prepares him to hit the ground running on those issues when he arrives in Congress…. (Excerpt from the Virginia Star)
