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Priority Issues
Supporting families, our youth and seniors
Supported Act 76 to address child care crisis, improving affordability and access throughout Vermont
Committed to achieving a quality education system taxpayers can afford (Act 183, 2024 yield bill) with much work ahead
Addressed Medicare “cliff” with premium help for low-income Vermonters (vtdigger)
Increased funding for Meals on Wheels and supported universal school meals
Passed Vermont’s first data privacy bill (H.121) to protect online data and youth safety online (vetoed sustained, more work ahead on this)
Protecting Vermonters, our environment & our future
Delivering on Vermont’s climate action plan by:
reducing emissions from building heating and bringing on more renewables (see Clean Energy page)
funding on-demand public transit solutions like micro-transit
expanding electric vehicle and heat pump rebates at time of purchase
equitably deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure
growing our climate workforce
protecting biodiversity and making it easier to develop in downtowns and village centers through Act 250 modernization (Act 181)
protecting river corridors and wetlands and improving dams for climate resilience (Flood Safety Act, Act 121)
protecting pollinators with neonic ban (Act 182)
advancing building codes that promote electrification and net zero construction
increased capacity of regional planning commissions to assist member towns
Increasing housing stock and adding affordable housing
Funding for affordable housing strategies that optimize existing housing stock and promote density
Land use changes to make it easier to build in the right places
Reduce homelessness and improve program services
Improving health and access to quality health care
Expand access to quality primary care
Reduced pre-authorization burden on primary care providers to reduce wait time, provider burden and costs
Stabilize health care costs
Rural health access
Reproductive Liberty Act to guarantee reproductive freedom