The Stosch Record

• Business Taxes

  Because of Senator Stosch's expertise as a CPA and as Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Economic Development and Natural Resources, he has been the forefront of swaying the investment and job decisions resulting in thousands of good paying jobs for working families.

• Environment

  Senator Stosch he has been in the forefront of monitoring, preserving and promoting a cleaner, healthier environment, including a continued commitment to clean-up of the Chesapeake Bay.

• Government Reform

  Senator Stosch has championed the most sweeping government reforms to be enacted in Virginia in generations, through the use of privatization, dramatically reducing the overall size of the State government, enacting historic reform legislation, and successfully enacting comprehensive procurement reforms.

• Health Care

  Senator Stosch successfully championed a series of important health care initiatives, including the elimination of sales taxes on prescription and non-prescription medicines sold to nursing homes and creation of the Care Givers Grant Program.

• High Technology

  As a direct result of Senator Stosch's leadership, Virginia has become a national leader in high-tech and biotechnology research, investment and job creation.

• Higher Education

  Senator Stosch has helped to expand access to high-quality higher education opportunities for thousands of young Virginians, and by every objective measure the public higher education system in Virginia has been dramatically strengthened due to the major investments and sweeping reforms initiated over the past decade.

• Jobs and the Economy

  As a result of Senator Stosch's legislation of tax credits, incentives, performance grant programs and Enterprise Zones, Virginia continues to attract new businesses, headquarter re-locations , create thousands of new, higher paying jobs and is the number 1 state to conduct business.

• Local Government

  Senator Stosch has worked tirelessly to establish a stronger, more productive and mutually beneficial partnership between the State government and hundreds of municipalities across Virginia.

• Personal Income, Sales and Estate Tax

  Senator Stosch has made a case for positioning Virginia as one of the best states to retire in the nation and as a senior himself, he realizes the importance of such a goal.

• Tax Cuts

  Senator Stosch has worked hard to lower taxes, cut taxes and has been involved with almost all cost saving initiatives and studies since elected to the General Assembly 25 years ago.

• Tax Exempt Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations

  In his years as a legislator, Senator Stosch has introduced several bills to make organizations tax exempt.