Answer: I served our country for 10 years as a Navy SEAL and then started a business in the area 20 years ago. I learned first-hand the challenges of making payroll while facing the burden of government regulation. Two years ago, the voters elected me to represent them in the General Assembly. We brought a team together to solve problems instead of playing partisan games. Our team remained focused on bringing people together to solve problems for everyday citizens of our district. We helped give teachers a 5 percent pay raise without raising your taxes while balancing the budget. We honored veterans by creating a free veterans ID; something that failed for the previous 10 years. We successfully assisted a corporate citizen negotiate government regulations so he could fairly market his business without costing the state $100 million. That was an eight-year problem we solved in my first week. Our team brought legislators on both sides of the aisle together to pass a bipartisan bill that has helped cut down opioid deaths in Virginia. My personal favorite was helping a Vietnam veteran fly his flag again after making national news 20 years ago when the court told him to take down his flagpole. The best part is we achieved many of these victories without legislation but instead brought people together to find common-sense solution as a team.