Legislative Accomplishments

• College Affordability. As the first person in his family’s history to earn a college degree, college affordability has been a long-term focus for Del. Reid.  Through his work on the House Appropriations Committee, he has worked to increase the Commonwealth’s investment in higher education, thereby holding tuition to a 0-1% increase for the past 5 years.
• Full Day Kindergarten. In 2017 David fought for full-day kindergarten in Loudoun County, introduced legislation and budget amendments to move the process forward, and is proud to say that Loudoun County now joins the ranks of the rest of the Commonwealth with FDK. This effort helped save families $100s/week and established a long-term enriching learning environment for young children.
• Housing Trust Fund.  Growing up poor in the mountains of Virginia and then moving to an orphanage when he was 10 years, Del. Reid understands the threat of housing insecurity and affordability.  As a member of the House Appropriations Committee for the past 5-years, he has worked to add $10s of millions to the Housing Trust Fund to incentivize an increase in the supply of affordable housing options in CD10 and across the Commonwealth.
• $35 Insulin Cap.  The $35 cap on much-needed insulin is an example of Del. Reid’s deliberate work to lower the costs of life-saving prescription drugs. Del. Reid is committed to adding additional, routine, life-saving prescription drugs to the affordability list, without jeopardizing the research funding for new, innovative medications.
• Reducing the tolls on the Greenway. Words matter and honesty matters. ONLY Del. Reid has been a champion for REDUCING tolls on the Greenway AND implementing distance-based tolling, where you would only pay the length of the roadway you use. His 2023 legislation would have reduced the tolls on the Greenway by 25% but was killed by Republicans on the Loudoun Board of Supervisors working with a Democratic State Senator and a Democratic Delegate, both running for Congress, who didn’t want Del. Reid to have a victory. They put their own personal ambition over the needs of the community.

During the historic 2020 session, Del. Reid worked to pass seven common sense gun safety pieces of legislation including enhanced universal background checks, restricting handgun purchases to one per month, implementing extreme risk protection orders or “red flag” laws, and putting $28mn of additional state funding toward mental health services. These initiatives have made our communities safer, and reduced gun violence, while still respecting the rights of legal gun owners.

As the father of two adult daughters, I know, firsthand, the emotional threat they feel when elected officials try to come between them, their doctor, and their faith leader on making very personal decisions related to reproductive healthcare choices.

As a State Delegate, I worked to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), making Virginia the 38th and final state needed for ratification.  As your Congressperson, I’ll work with the Biden-Harris Administration to have the National Archivist include this as part of the U.S. Constitution.

I’ve also supported multiple efforts to codify Roe v. Wade in the Virginia Code and to ensure a woman’s right to reproductive healthcare is included in the Virginia Constitution.  I now need your help to ensure we can codify Roe at the federal level.

As someone who grew up in the rural mountains of Virginia, Del. Reid has a close and personal affinity for the rural parts of the 10th Congressional District and can directly relate to the needs, hopes, and desires of those communities. 

During his seven years in the Virginia General Assembly, he introduced legislation and budget amendments that increased funding for business-ready sites, working to bring high-paying, quality manufacturing jobs to rural communities. 

He was instrumental in bringing Medicaid Expansion to Virginia, providing primary healthcare to over 500,000 Virginians. Additionally, he patroned the Lyme disease educational awareness legislation which makes people more aware of identify and treating Lyme disease.

Del. Reid is the ONLY legislator in the past 10 years to attempt to address the deteriorating public school buildings in rural communities by proposing a “SMART Scale for School Construction Program” and setting aside $6.0bn in state funding.  Unfortunately, the Republicans, whose districts would most benefit, mocked the measure and voted it down, leaving schools across the Commonwealth with leaking roofs, inefficient heating and cooling, and non-standard electrical wiring.

Del. Reid’s Prime Agricultural Land Protection Act (HB723) creates a process to protect topsoil when it is impacted by any underground linear infrastructure.” This measure will protect prime agricultural land from any future pipeline (regardless of what it’s carrying). If the pipeline is  going through “prime ag land” the top soil must be removed and protected, and then put back in place. 

Del. David Reid has been a life-long champion for protecting the environment. Going all the way back to his time in Oklahoma with foster parents, his first competitive speech was on Soil & Water Conservation for the Cherokee County Farmers Union Speech Contest. Since that time, and more recently in the Virginia General Assembly, he has: 

• Patroned and passed enhancements to the Commercial-Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program. Adding environmental remediation, EV infrastructure, and clean water improvements to the list of acceptable Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) projects.
• Was one of the few Democrats to support Virginia Resiliency Authority.
• Patroned and passed HB 1979, the most equitable Electric vehicle rebate program in the nation
• Authored and passed the Virginia Energy Plan (VEP) (HB714) with State Senator Barbara Favola that establishes goals to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across Virginia’s economy by 2045. The VEP also establishes the Clean Energy Advisory Board and requires the development of a greenhouse gas inventory.
• In recognition of the need to transition away from fossil fuels and towards a renewable energy economy, Del. Reid worked with Loudoun County residents to develop and introduce the Renewables First Act (RFA). The RFA would have required the 5500 MW of renewable energy declared “in the public interest” to be completed “first” before any new fossil fuel-based facilities were brought on-line.

Transportation is an integral part of ensuring a vibrant economy in Northern Virginia and across CD10. As a seven year member of the Transportation Committee and currently the Vice Char, I have worked to address rail, transit, road, air, water, and space transportation issues:

• Worked with the NoVA delegation to secure $150mn a year Metro capital improvements. Providing much needed funding for new Metro cars and platform upgrades
• Negotiated support for Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund created
• Restored $50 million in Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) funding to support road construction in Loudoun County and across Northern Virginia
• Approved a $3.7 billion agreement to transform passenger rail service in Virginia
• Introduced legislation that would have reduced the Dulles Greenway tolls by 50% AND implemented distance-based pricing