Candidate for Vermont State Senate - Caledonia District in 2020 Vermont General Election.
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Get StartedEncouraging entrepreneurship and the opening of small businesses. Small business employs over 60% of our workforce in the state and contributes substantially to our GDP. Of the nearly 2,000 new jobs created last year, 90% were in firms of less than 20 people. Learn more
Support and encourage innovative partnerships between educational providers and our business community to develop skilled trade and professional workers in a variety of fields. Learn more
Expand access to high school students to educational programming at the collegiate level and in the skilled trades. I support leveraging technology to bring this type of educational opportunity to all of our schools, whether more urban or rural in their location. Learn more
Eliminating barriers to workforce development and ensuring regulatory burdens do not impair program development. Learn more
Lowering the cost of pharmaceuticals. I support looking at importing safe and effective drugs from Canada and the EU, both of which have been proposed in previous legislatures. I support working with our Federal delegation on allowing Medicare and Medicaid to directly negotiate drug pricing, a step that would significantly lower drug prices. Learn more
Expanding technology to allow routine care to be provided in cost effective and convenient ways, such as telemedicine. Learn more
Lowering the cost of pharmaceuticals. I support looking at importing safe and effective drugs from Canada and the EU, both of which have been proposed in previous legislatures. I support working with our Federal delegation on allowing Medicare and Medicaid to directly negotiate drug pricing, a step that would significantly lower drug prices. Learn more
Ensuring Vermonters can access the care they need, close to home, and with providers of their choice. We must be efficient with our most expensive resources - hospitals for example, while preserving essential services at the community level. Learn more
Ensuring Vermonters can access the care they need, close to home, and with providers of their choice. We must be efficient with our most expensive resources - hospitals for example, while preserving essential services at the community level. Learn more
Expand incentives and rewards to providers who innovate and develop efficient, effective, and high quality care methodologies. We must do business differently in the future if we are to reduce the cost of providing care. Learn more
Reducing regulatory burdens that place unnecessary restrictions on siting, building, and developing businesses and residential stocks of housing. Learn more
Follow the national trend of urbanization by investing in developing our downtown areas, providing for mixed use commercial and residential buildings on a Vermont scale. One of Vermont's most charming features are the beautiful downtown areas in our small, medium, and larger towns. Making these areas more amenable for young people, families, and seniors alike keeps housing and services close together. Learn more
Quickly building out universal broadband and cellular coverage. This is an essential investment for a 21st century economy. Lack of reliable internet and communications is a huge barrier to making Vermont an attractive place to locate a business or grow a family. Learn more
Continued progress on clearing long deferred maintenance and advocating for expedience and expansion of the projects on the list. Learn more
Continuing to invest in our transportation infrastructure. Reliable roads, public transit, and safe bridges are critical for connecting communities and moving goods and services. Learn more
Making investments in the upgrades needed to develop our three primary east-west corridors, St. Johnsbury to Montpelier, White River to Rutland, and Brattleboro to Bennington. These major highways must be made safer, more efficient, and more reliable. Learn more
Continued build out and expansion of electric charging stations and infrastructure to support the transition of our fossil fuel based transportation to electric over the years to come. According to the US Department of Energy, 28% of all energy expended last year in the country was for transportation, and 80% of that was fossil fuel generated. As we continue to expand renewable power generation around Vermont, New England, and the nation, we must be positioned to have the systems in place to allow convenient, affordable access to electric charging stations. Learn more
Expanding our public transportation options in Vermont. In a rural state public transportation is a challenge to not only develop structurally but to also adequately fund. Connecting our communities is essential to a healthy and vibrant economy and making investments to help bring public transit to underserved areas while also expanding community to community connections will be one of my priorities. Learn more
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