Former Member, Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Privileges and Elections Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elections, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Militia, Police and Public Safety #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Privileges and Elections Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elections, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Militia, Police and Public Safety #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Member, Block Grants
Member, Board of the Virginia War Memorial
Member, Board of the Volunteer Firefighter's and Rescue Squad Worker's Service Award Fund
Member, Finance Committee
Member, General Laws Committee
Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Finance #1
Member, Subcommittee on Health
Member, Subcommittee on Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
Member, Task Force to Assist in Identification of the History of Formerly Enslaved African Americans in Virginia
As of August 2017, Fowler's campaign website highlights the following issues:
Excerpt: Many important public education reforms have been enacted since I first took office in January of 2014. These reforms, which I supported, are intended to improve the quality of classroom instruction, reform the Standards of Learning tests and Standards of Accreditation, and also to provide local school divisions with increas'ed budgeting flexibility so as to provide local School Boards with the ability to fund their most important priorities. I also believe that the teacher is the most important ingredient in education and for that reason the overwhelming majority of education funding must be centered in the classroom. I believe the General Assembly should have a benchmark of requiring 70% of every education "dollar" be spent on classroom instruction. I have supported funding the state's share of a pay increase for public school teachers, and just as important, I have supporting fully funding the Virginia Retirement System.
Excerpt: Clearly, the number one health care issue facing the Virginia General Assembly will be whether, or not, to expand Virginia's Medicaid program. I am opposed to expanding Medicaid, not because Medicaid expansion is part of Obamacare and not because this is a Republican vs Democrat issue. When you boil the Medicaid expansion issue down, it is simply a math problem...
"Certificate of Public Need" Reform – Republicans are also leading the discussion on COPN reform. COPN reform would encourage competition among healthcare providers which would lead to an increase in access to care, reduced costs and promote innovation. For health care provider, including hospitals, to expand their services they need to go through a bureaucratic process and prove there is a "need" for their services. This is definitely far from free market principles. I support reforming COPN.
Excerpt: One of my top priorities as a lifelong outdoor enthusiast will be to work to support efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. I believe it is important to continue current efforts at modernizing local sewage treatment plants, and to provide adequate funding for the "Cost Sharing" program that assists farmers in the implementation of agricultural "best management practices". These BMPs are intended to reduce the agricultural runoff into our streams and rivers. It is my belief that environmental regulations must be based on 3 important principles including: regulations must be based on sound science; must produce results that are measurable; and must be affordable and workable. The best intended environmental regulations are useless if they are too costly or complex to implement.
Excerpt: During the 2015 General Assembly session, we passed House Bill 2070. When combined with the meaningful steps the General Assembly took last year, this legislation significantly strengthens Virginia's ethics, transparency and disclosure laws. These changes will increase transparency, hold elected officials accountable, and help restore trust in government. HB 2070 made the following changes:
The House of Delegates remains laser-focused on improving Virginia's economy. During the 2015 General Assembly, we passed legislation to attract innovative new companies to Virginia (HB1662, Uber & Lyft). The General Assembly also passed HB1360, which provides entrepreneur's access to a new financial capital source called "Crowdfunding". The General Assembly also fought to protect Virginia's status as a right-to-work state with the first passage of a Constitutional amendment, (HJ490). This amendment will have to pass again in the 2016 General Assembly and then the people will ultimately decide the amendments fate in a referendum. I was proud to be a co-patron of the Right-to-Work constitutional amendment. I will continue to support our entrepreneurs, as well as pro-economic growth policies. I will oppose legislation that hinders the free enterprise system and retards employment. Finally, for my commitment and support for these important issues over the last 2 years, I have received recognition from two important organizations. I am honored to have earned an A+ Rating from the VA Chamber of Commerce on issues important to Virginia businesses, and a 100% rating from the National Federation of Independent Business for my support of issues confronting small business.