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Issue Position: COVID Response

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Technology and Communication Agriculture and Food Health and Health Care

The legislature worked overtime via zoom to do our best to confront the pandemic -- the worst health and economic crisis any of us have ever seen. My position to colleagues was consistent, let's make sure relief funds get into Vermonter's pockets and into long-term infrastructure that benefits our communities. To that end the Senate passed a $60 million hazard pay bill to acknowledge the non-stop work done by vital workers. We all came to realize that without grocery clerks and nursing home cleaners our communities would grind to a halt. In the end our hazard pay bill was watered down but managed to cover health workers.

We also invested in broadband build out so that more Vermont students could successfully endure remote learning should that be needed.

And, of course, we assisted businesses, renters, people who are homeless, many who depend on food banks and school meals for food security, farmers, the arts community and more.


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