The Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard for state lawmakers and celebrated in Leesburg on Thursday with the four members of the Northern Virginia delegation who received 100% scores.
Sen. Russet Perry (D-31) and delegates Marty Martinez (D-29), Atoosa Reaser (D-27) and Kannan Srinivasan (D-26) gathered at Rebellion Bourbon Bar and Kitchen with league leaders to celebrate the scores and conservation legislation passed earlier this year.
The scorecard ranks all state 140 lawmakers base on their votes on environmental policy and legislation the organization deemed would protect clean air and water, address climate, safeguard greenspace and secure a healthy democracy.
“This year’s scorecard evaluates kind of the first proactive agenda we’ve had since the Northam administration,” Deputy Director Lee Francis said. “… We got a lot done. We didn’t get everything we wanted to get done, but we’ve got a lot of time and all the lawmakers here in this room are a big part of how we made that progress.”
Perry said with the organization’s help, the delegation was also able to help stop some laws from getting approved.
“These folks come and sit in my office and give me weekly briefings or multiples of them and it’s very important to me. They take the time so that when I sit on the dais, I know exactly what I’m talking about,” she said.
Reaser, Srinivasan and Martinez agreed the organization is crucial to keeping them informed on conservation issues.
Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-32) and Del. David Reid (D-28) also received 100% ratings from the VLCV. The loan Republican member of Loudoun’s delegation, Geary Higgins (R-30), was given a 32% score.
The scorecard rated lawmaker’s votes on 21 bills on a variety of topics including energy and climate, good government, land conservation, land use and transportation and water quality. All representatives assigned a 100% rating by the organization were Democrats.