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Jill Krowinski: “Congress a couple weeks ago passed a health care bill that…”

Featuring: Jill Krowinski, Democratic | Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

Jill Krowinski Recaps 2017 Legislative Session with Vote for Vermont

Published July 13, 2017 | Video Starts at 26:48

So that is something that we are watching very, very closely, because that would have extreme consequences for Vermonters based on how it's currently introduced right now. Congress a couple weeks ago passed a health care bill that is now in the Senate that would have, again, serious cuts for health care, especially for Medicaid in our state. there would be some serious caps put in place, and it would defund Planned Parenthood. (26:48–27:01)

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Asserts that a health care bill passed by Congress would impose serious cuts to Medicaid in Vermont.

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“We also passed a really strong economic development bill that talked about apprenticeships that had tax increment financing.”
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“The budget passed with a near unanimous vote, which never you served, Pat. When was the last time you remember a budget that had one person…”
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“The budget has no new taxes, no new fees.”
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“We stayed within the box that [the governor] set.”
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“There's investments for mental health.”
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“The affordable housing bill that I talked about was folded into the budget, so that investment is in there.”
Jill Krowinski Recaps 2017 Legislative Session with Vote for Vermont | Uploaded July 13, 2017 | 09:49-09:56
“The childcare subsidies helping low income people have access to childcare. That is in the budget.”
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“Farm to school, working lands, a lot of our local economic development drivers are in the budget.”
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“We will not shut down the government over this.”
Jill Krowinski Recaps 2017 Legislative Session with Vote for Vermont | Uploaded July 13, 2017 | 11:23-11:27
“There is nothing in the budget that relates to some of the policies that [the governor] is talking about that he wants included.”
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“We all, all the coast, all the caucuses had a co sponsor on the legislation that he had, we've been working on together that really address…”
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“What the legislation does is basically say that we can't create any type of registries in this state that would be used for such a thing…”
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“The Senate really wanted a tax and regulate system. The House felt that we really need to take an incremental approach and go to…”
Jill Krowinski Recaps 2017 Legislative Session with Vote for Vermont | Uploaded July 13, 2017 | 18:50-18:59
“We landed on what I thought was a really good, strong bill that would legalize marijuana in Vermont, not this year, but next year.”
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“We've had the leadership of the Judiciary Committees meet with members from Phil Scott's administration to talk through, you know, through…”
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“The House Minority Leader has said that he does not support [suspending the rules].”
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“It looks like they don't have the support to suspend the rules.”
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“It creates [an] ethics commission to review and keep track of complaints filed.”
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“When you leave the legislature or someone in the administration, you can't lobby for a year in the building.”
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“You have to disclose income that you have over $5,000 for you and your spouse.”
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“It would defund Planned Parenthood.”
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“We have time aside in October for us to meet if we need to.”
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“Governor Scott voice[s] his concern to the administration about the serious effects that these cuts would have in Vermont.”
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