Reinstate gun show waiting period exemption, Barre lawmaker asks
By Guy Page
Anora Horton, Williston, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont, Thursday afternoon February 6 asked the Vermont House Human Services Committee to allow EBT cards given to low income Vermonters to be used to buy restaurant meals.
In particular, she wants ‘legislation to instruct the state of Vermont to opt into the SNAP restaurant meals program and to appropriate seventy five thousand dollars to cover restaurant start up costs to enter the program and a hundred thousand dollars for a staff position to help restaurants navigate their path into this program within the department for children and families,” Horton said.
“This would allow people who are elderly, people who are disabled, people who are homeless to use their SNAP or Three Squares Vermont benefits at participating restaurants. And that would make it a lot easier for people who can’t stop for, cook, store, prepare meals, and a way to actually use Three Squares Vermont and and benefit from that program.’
People living in Vermont’s motels often lack the storage and cooking facilities to adequately prepare good meals, the committee was told.
The SNAP program provides an EBT debit card with monthly food purchasing benefits for households with gross income equal to or less than 185% of the Federal Poverty Level.
You can read the transcript and watch the proceedings, thanks to GoldenDomeVT.com.
Reinstate 72-hour waiting period exemption on firearms sold at gun shows – H.150, sponsored by Rep. Michael Boutin (R-Barre City) and many other Republicans, would reinstate the 72-hour waiver on gun show sales.
The bill defines ‘gun show’ as a function sponsored by a national, state, or local organization, devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms; or an organization or association that sponsors functions devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms in the community.
Just such an event will take place this weekend in Boutin’s city. The Central Vermont Gun Show will be held at the Barre Auditorium Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9-2.
Bennington House race decision ignores voters, VT GOP says – VTGOP Chairman Paul Dame made the following statement after The Vermont House voted 91-42 to finalize Democrat Jonathan Cooper as winner of the contested Bennington-1 race.
”It was greatly disappointing to see voters be told that they have to vote for Democrats to save Democracy – and then for the Democratic majority to be the ones to knowingly ignore voters. Democrats failed to act to correct the injustice delivered to voters in Pownal. How are we supposed to convince voters that every vote matters when House Democrats justified their inaction by saying if a situation is too complicated or too inconvenient then ignoring voters is justified.”
Pharmacists want insurance coverage for patient care services – Vermont pharmacists were in the State House today, seeking more insurance coverage of their services, including point-of-care testing and treatment of minor health conditions, flu immunization and writing prescriptions for opioid disorder and HIV prevention medication.
