Potential Voting Record

I have not been given the honor of representing ORLEANS-2 in Montpelier yet, but I do watch for bills and acts as they move through the House and Senate.

Here is a list of some of the bills and acts that have passed through the House recently that I am both interested in and would see expanded upon, or to vote them through to the Senate. There are many more than these here, but with my focus on Affordability, Justice, the Environment, and Education here are some of the major bills I would like to see progress.

Environmental

  • Nuclear Energy has been proven to be one of most reliable, cleanest, and safest methods of generating electricity. The reintroduction of nuclear power to Vermont would be a great boon to the economy and power grid.

  • Too much time is spent going backwards and reverting positive change. Climate Action Plan is a positive, and clean plan that would lead to wasted funding if reverted.

  • This seems to be a really interesting way of both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the cost to heat homes in the winter with Thermal Heating. I would love to see this expanded upon and the specifics nailed down.

Justice

  • Limiting Federal Immigration Authorities access to nonpublic areas of schools (without presenting a judicial warrant) will not only give our children a space they can feel safe, but also parents will be able to worry less about what is going on at their public schools.

  • The Governor has been able to make decisions for Vermont without legislative approval regarding contracts and agreements with Immigration Officials. I think requiring more minds to in on the decision could be good as we know what our districts want most

  • There are many flaws with the current voting standard in the United States that could be remedied through the introduction of Rank Based Voting. Allowing more independent candidates to run without fear of being stomped out by the Democrats and Republicans

Education

  • This bill would help give students experiencing homelessness and students leaving the foster system a liaison as well as priority housing. “An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people”

  • While the Green Mountains of Vermont shelter us from many hurricanes and tornados, I do not feel the youth of Vermont needs to be sheltered from what’s going on around them.

  • I thought this was implemented already as this is what I would call “Common Sense Legislation”. If I was bleeding, cramping, having migraines in school, I was allowed treatment at the nurse’s station for free. Why would I want any less for my fellow classmates?

Affordability

  • This bill appears to be a creative way to provide energy to Schools, Tenants of buildings that are Affordable Housing, and Municipally Owned Buildings. I would really like to see this bill expanded on and the specific fleshed out.

  • This is an interesting way to stop outside investors from buying up land and refusing to sell it for a reasonable price. An uninhabitable building would be taxed in such a manner that would encourage these people to sell their land for cheaper so that people can move to Vermont.

  • There is little more frustrating than your physician telling you that you need a medication, the specialists saying you need a medication, and then an insurance company telling you that they think you don’t. This bill would prohibit corporations from practicing medicine and interfering with your healthcare professionals.

Miscellaneous

  • As someone who has 2 dogs, I love animals. The amount of animal abuse in Vermont is frightening and needs to be dealt with. Implementing sanctions and temporary animal possession bans for those convicted of animal cruelty is a strong first step in the right direction.

  • The floods in Vermont were devastating and while the clean up teams were efficient, recent cuts to FEMA requires us to come up with our own methods and frameworks to rise up to the occasion, if it happens again.

  • As less things are written in stone, more assumptions are being made that go against the interests of the average Vermonter. To have a bill written out, saying that the Department of Corrections is only to work with Federal Immigration Authorities to the extent of Federal Law is a strong message.