Author and Delegate Danica Roem talks new book
GMA3 (ABC) — “Danica, what do you want to bring to the Senate?”
“What I want to bring to the Senate is someone who’s effective and really focuses on constituent service issues instead of singling out and stigmatizing the most vulnerable people I’m elected to serve, as far too many legislators across the country are doing right now – especially with their ire directed toward trans kids. I want to make sure we’re feeding kids in schools. I want to make sure that you actually have a reasonable, safe and quick commute to work and to pick up your kids from day care. I want to make sure you can actually live in the same communities that you work in and that community should be in greater Prince William, so that’s what I hope to bring to the state Senate, along with a reporter’s perspective where I’m a huge advocate for making sure the Freedom of Information Act is as accessible to the public as possible.”
Virginia Del. Danica Roem announces state Senate bid
ASSOCIATED PRESS — “A former reporter who covered the region before running to represent it, Roem has made local transportation issues and expanding access to school meals a focus of her time in office and said Monday she would continue doing so.”
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METRO WEEKLY — “Adelle Settle, the founder of Settle the Debt, called Roem a ‘tireless advocate’ for hungry children in an interview with Metro Weekly, expressing gratitude for Roem’s legislative work on school meals and school lunch debt. … She also praises Roem and Roem’s legislative staff for being thorough and detail-oriented when it comes to resolving issues related to food insecurity.”
“[Roem] touts her support for ‘maintaining the integrity’ of the Rural Crescent by opposing the Bi-County Parkway and passing legislation in 2020 to ban above-ground transmission lines along the I-66 corridor between Gainesville and Haymarket, in an effort to force the Prince William Board of Supervisors to reexamine their economic development priorities for the area. She also touts her ongoing fight for dedicated transportation funding, which puts her at odds with Republicans, including Gov. Youngkin, who have proposed cuts.”
Del. Danica Roem announces bid for Va. Senate
PRINCE WILLIAM TIMES — “Roem also remains opposed to the Bi-County Parkway in all its form; supports Prince William County’s ‘rural crescent’ development restrictions and says she’s opposed to opening the rural area to data centers.”
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BRISTOW BEAT — “During her time in the legislature, she has passed 32 bills and held 30 plus town halls. She plans to continue fighting for transportation, children, and inclusion in Virginia. … In the Bristow area, her top priority is implementing the results of the Rolling Ford Road Study. … Roem wants to expand OmniRide service to connect to areas her constituents work outside the Beltway, such as Centreville, Dulles, Herndon, and Burke. She wants to bring VRE and mass transit to Prince William/Manassas areas on weekends.”
Del. Danica Roem announces run for newly-drawn state Senate seat
INSIDE NOVA — “Representing Manassas Park and some of western Prince William in the House of Delegates since first being elected in 2017, Roem has sought to make her mark primarily on two issues: fixing the traffic-plagued Route 28 and expanding free access to school meals for kids in Virginia.
“On 28, she points to a number of piecemeal changes that have already taken place, such as removing traffic lights at 28 and Interstate 66 and other locality-led redesigns, as well as long-term planning like the Virginia Department of Transportation STARS study on the corridor that she pushed for, as evidence that her work is paying off for commuters. … As for school meals, Roem’s legislation ended the practice by some Virginia school boards of suing families for unpaid school meals debt and expanded access to afterschool meals in a number of school divisions. Much of her legislation on that front has received bipartisan support. And in 2020, as COVID-19 was shutting schools for the first time, she successfully lobbied the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow parents or other family members to pick up meals from school on behalf of their students for the first time.”
Roem announces bid for new Prince William County Senate seat
POTOMAC LOCAL NEWS — “During the General Assembly session, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed multiple bills carried by Roem. One new law allows military personnel up to six years to renew their drivers’ licenses, increasing from three years. The new law applies to anyone licensed in Virginia serving outside the U.S., including military members, civilian employees, spouses, and dependents.”
Danica Roem seeks Virginia Senate seat
VIRGINIA PUBLIC MEDIA — “Roem has focused much of her legislative attention on transportation and child hunger. … Roem helped lead efforts to fix congestion on Rt. 28 in Northern Virginia, with crews now working to widen the road. She also earned the nickname ‘lunch lady’ for her legislative work addressing inequities in school lunches. That included a law that requires schools to provide meals to all students regardless of their ability to pay.”
Del. Danica Roem is running for the state Senate
VIRGINIA SCOPE — “So what would be your main priorities when you got to the Senate?”
“So, No. 1 is to finally finish fixing Route 28, just as I’ve been doing. … No. 2, fixing Rollins Ford Road. That corridor, I need about $4.5 million to add three modern roundabouts to that corridor. … As a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, I had voted in favor of the third and final Standard Project Agreement needed for the multimodal construction that’s underway right now on Route 28 over in Centreville, which is going to be a big help for us to actually do the next thing I really want for a new initiative, which is to finally bring bus service, mass transit bus service, connecting greater Manassas/western Prince William to Dulles International Airport and that corridor. … And lastly on the roads and transit front is I want to see come to full fruition night and weekend VRE service on the Manassas line because when I voted for the Speaker of the House’s bill, HB 1414 in 2020, the whole point of that was to set up the administrative infrastructure that we needed to actually do that in the first place. … And the next thing that Virginia needs to do is find a way to continue to whatever extent possible universal free school meals because that eliminates all the problems when you take care of that.”
Danica Roem announces run for Va. state Senate
WASHINGTON BLADE — “Roem noted 32 of her bills have passed in the General Assembly since her election. Former Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, last year signed Roem’s bill that bans the so-called LGBTQ panic defense in Virginia. Roem’s measure that expanded the state’s free school breakfast and lunch programs also took effect in 2020. Roem noted to the Blade that she voted to expand Virginia’s Medicaid program. Roem also pointed out that one of her nine bills that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed will reform the state’s guardianship program.”
Virginia Del. Danica Roem launches state Senate bid
WDVM — “Roem has been a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and has championed numerous bills advancing civil rights within the commonwealth. … If elected to the newly drawn 30th district, Roem would represent much of Prince William County and would bring her expertise as a transportation wonk to the state Senate.”
Virginia Del. Danica Roem launches run for newly drawn Va. Senate seat
WTOP — “Roem pointed to previous legislative successes, including 10 bills for feeding hungry children since 2019, including two this year. Her bills have also provided state-of-the-art prosthetics coverage for amputees and those with limb loss. A Roem bill also called for a ban on above-ground transmission lines along I-66 between Gainesville and Haymarket.”
Delegate Danica Roem announces plans to run for VA state Senate
WUSA9 — “Much like her first campaign, Roem remains focused on improving transportation infrastructure in her community. … Despite the partisan divide in Richmond, Roem also contends that she would be able to work across the aisle. She said Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed nine of her bills into law during the most recent session. However, she added she will not go along with any efforts to loosen protections for transgender students in Virginia schools. Instead, Roem said she wants to continue to fight for increasing teacher pay and feeding hungry children in the state.”
