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Jill Krowinski: “We didn't win the house back in 2002, but we did in 2004.”

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

Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17

Published June 20, 2019 | Video Starts at 04:10

I made Vermont my home. Did you work on the House campaigns? I did. I did. And we didn't win the. We came close, but We didn't win the house back in 2002, but we did in 2004. I had the opportunity to work with Gay Symington, who is a mentor and a role model to me. And to be with her during that moment was pretty incredible. (04:10–04:15)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party won back the Vermont House in 2004.

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“Gay Symington...became speaker of the House, the first Democratic woman to serve as speaker, the second in history.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 04:16-04:41
“We worked on creating a buffer zone in Burlington...and we were able to pass it.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 06:19-06:48
“The Supreme Court ruled against buffer zones.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 06:47-06:51
“We went back and passed something else that would still protect patients walking into the health center and also met free speech guidelines.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 06:51-07:01
“We created Emerge, and then I've been involved with the organization ever since.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 09:38-09:44
“In February, I became the new executive director [of Emerge Vermont].”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 09:43-09:47
“So it's like Planned Parenthood. There's a national organization and there are state affiliates. So we are the Vermont affiliate.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 09:50-09:59
“I think there's around 20 [Emerge affiliates] and growing across the country.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 10:06-10:10
“Emerge is an organization that provides training for women who want to run for office or they want to work on campaigns.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 10:20-10:29
“Our signature training program that runs the course over six months and is 70 hours long.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 10:49-10:55
“I'm really proud under my leadership to have help support and recruit more young families to have run and win their campaigns last November…”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 14:54-15:06
“So in the country, I think we are ranked number four with about 39% of the legislature being women.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 19:09-19:19
“In the House, our Democratic caucus is divided. I think it's 50. 50. I think we have one more woman and one more.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 19:19-19:26
“We've never sent a woman to Congress. We've only had one woman serve as governor in our entire history. Out of our six statewide office…”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 20:18-20:40
“We passed [the paid family and medical leave bill] last year. [Governor Phil Scott] vetoed it.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 22:47-22:51
“In January we'll be taking, it's going to come up again and we're going to send him another version of the bill.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 22:54-23:03
“The current version of the bill has an all in approach when it comes to paid family leave.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 24:22-24:28
“The cost of health care and access to health care is a huge problem.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 25:42-25:48
“The Trump administration is rolling back and trying to strip back every possible part of the Affordable Care Act.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 25:57-26:06
“We are wrestling with that, with the federal government, and that's going to continue to be a fight.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 26:18-26:24
“We've made great progress on supporting and expanding access to opioid treatment and mental health.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 26:23-26:31
“There's going to be a package of legislation that's going to be introduced that I think builds really well on the work that we've been doing…”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 26:59-27:10
“One example is the TCI Transportation Climate Initiative. The governor has showed some interest in that.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 27:25-27:33
“Our housing stock is very old and it's expensive.”
Melinda Moulton interviews Jill Krowinski on Channel 17 | Uploaded June 20, 2019 | 28:30-28:34