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Phil Scott: “I would prefer a moderate centrist. I would prefer someone…”

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NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more

Published April 18, 2023 | Video Starts at 18:35

… these are viable charges and lead to something else, because so far I haven't heard anything new. You would prefer a moderate, somebody like Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire? I would prefer a moderate centrist. I would prefer someone who's been a governor. Asa Hutchinson is more conservative than I am, but he's a decent, decent person and he has said he wants he's throwing his hat in the ring. (18:35–18:41)

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“It seems as though this year they [Democrats] know they have the numbers, they know they have the super majority.”
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“We haven't been able to reduce taxes like I'd like to, but we've been able to keep them from being raised.”
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“We are out of sync with the rest of the Northeast in terms of the high tax state and fees that are exorbitant.”
NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more | Uploaded April 18, 2023 | 03:46-03:55
“We don't have to raise things just for the sake of raising them to keep up with inflation.”
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“We have a housing crisis in Vermont.”
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“A major part of [solving the housing crisis] is some regulatory reform and that's Act 250 and zoning regulations.”
NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more | Uploaded April 18, 2023 | 08:29-08:38
“I have forwarded proposals over the last six years to provide more funding for child care.”
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“I included 56 million to expand the coverage for those 400% of the poverty level.”
NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more | Uploaded April 18, 2023 | 10:32-10:43
“The Senate has taken a different approach... They've gone with 600% of the poverty level.”
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“They're working to pay for this by removing such things as the child tax credit.”
NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more | Uploaded April 18, 2023 | 11:21-11:28
“Paid family leave is much more important to the House, childcare is much more important to the Senate.”
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“They want to create a whole new bureaucracy in order to oversee this paid family leave proposal, for instance, which would take about 60…”
NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more | Uploaded April 18, 2023 | 13:21-13:32
“We have 800 employees we're trying to hire today. We have 8,000 employees in total.”
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“State employees are going to get this benefit as of July 1st.”
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“We have a vast amount of vacancies in corrections in particular, but across every sector throughout state government.”
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“Every single sector throughout state government is facing challenges with workforce.”
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“It is disheartening, surprising to see that [Donald Trump] is still a frontrunner.”
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“I believe that having one judge, albeit a federal judge, stopping the distribution of [mifepristone] sets a dangerous precedent.”
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“It hasn't created a problem for us at this point in time [referring to migrants crossing from Canada into Vermont].”
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“We did see an uptick in the number of migrants coming across the border, the northern border.”
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“The Biden administration, the president getting together with Prime Minister Trudeau has had an effect.”
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“We certainly could use more diversity. We could use more people in our state.”
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“We have challenges with workforce.”
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