By Guy Page
Rep. Mary Hooper (D-Montpelier) has been named chair of the House Appropriations Committee, succeeding retired chair Kitty Toll of Danville. Appropriations prepares the state budget bill, a/k/a the “big bill.” Hooper is a former mayor of Montpelier.
Rep. Mary Hooper, new Appropriations Chair Rep. Curt McCormack, stepping down as Transportation Chair Rep. Diane Lanpher, Transportation Chair
Also, Rep. Curt McCormack (D-Burlington) has stepped down as Transportation Committee Chair. He will remain a member of the committee which he has transformed into a juggernaut of renewable power spending and policy. Diane Lanpher (D-Vergennes) succeeds him as chair.
Vice-chair changes include: Charlie Kimbell (D-Woodstock), Commerce and Economic Development; Sarah Coffey (D-Guilford), Corrections and Institutions; Jim McCullough (D-Williston), Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife; Butch Shaw (R-Pittsford), Transportation; and Progressive Democrat Emilie Kornheiser (Brattleboro) replacing Republican Bill Canfield on the Ways & Means (tax) committee.
All committee leadership and member appointments are made by the Speaker of the House, in consultation with House leadership. The following list of all House committee appointments was published yesterday on the Vermont Legislature website.
Agriculture & Forest Products
Chair: Partridge of Windham
Vice-Chair: Graham of Williamstown
Ranking Member: Bock of Chester
Norris of Shoreham
O’Brien of Tunbridge
Pearl of Danville
Surprenant of West Windsor
Strong of Albany
Appropriations
Chair: Hooper of Montpelier
Vice-Chair: Fagan of Rutland City
Ranking Member: Jessup of Middlesex
Feltus of Lyndon
Harrison of Chittenden
Helm of Fair Haven
Scheu of Middlebury
Squirrell of Underhill
Toleno of Brattleboro
Townsend of South Burlington
Yacavone of Morristown
Commerce & Economic Development
Chair: Marcotte of Coventry
Vice-Chair: Kimbell of Woodstock
Ranking Member: Jerome of Brandon
Dickinson of St. Albans Town
Kitzmiller of Montpelier
Martin of Franklin
Mulvaney-Stanak of Burlington
Nicoll of Ludlow
Nigro of Bennington
Seymour of Sutton
White of Bethel
Corrections & Institutions
Chair: Emmons of Springfield
Vice-Chair: Coffey of Guilford
Ranking Member: Morrissey of Bennington
Batchelor of Derby
Bos-Lun of Westminster
Campbell of St. Johnsbury
Dolan of Essex
Martel of Waterford
M. Morgan of Milton
Sullivan of Dorset
Taylor of Colchester
Education
Chair: Webb of Shelburne
Vice-Chair: Cupoli of Rutland City
Ranking Member: Conlon of Cornwall
Arrison of Weathersfield
Austin of Colchester
Brady of Williston
Brown of Richmond
Hooper of Randolph
James of Manchester
Williams of Granby
Toof of St. Albans Town
Energy and Technology
Chair: Briglin of Thetford
Vice-Chair: Sibilia of Dover
Ranking Member: Scheuermann of Stowe
Achey of Middletown Springs
Chase of Colchester
Patt of Worcester
Rogers of Waterville
Sims of Craftsbury
Yantachka of Charlotte
General, Housing, and Military Affairs
Chair: Stevens of Waterbury
Vice-Chair: Troiano of Stannard
Ranking Member: Murphy of Fairfax
Birong of Vergennes
Bluemle of Burlington
Hango of Berkshire
Howard of Rutland City
Killacky of South Burlington
Palasik of Milton
Parsons of Newbury
Walz of Barre City
Government Operations
Chair: Copeland Hanzas of Bradford
Vice-Chair: Gannon of Wilmington
Ranking Member: LaClair of Barre Town
Anthony of Barre City
Colston of Winooski
Higley of Lowell
Hooper of Burlington
Lefebvre of Orange
McCarthy of St. Albans City
Mrowicki of Putney
Vyhovsky of Essex
Health Care
Chair: Lippert of Hinesburg
Vice-Chair: Donahue of Northfield
Ranking Member: Houghton of Essex
Black of Essex
Burrows of West Windsor
Cina of Burlington
Cordes of Lincoln
Goldman of Rockingham
Long of Newfane
Page of Newport City
Peterson of Clarendon
Human Services
Chair: Pugh of South Burlington
Vice-Chair: Wood of Waterbury
Ranking Member: McFaun of Barre Town
Brumsted of Shelburne
Gregoire of Fairfield
Noyes of Wolcott
Pajala of Londonderry
Redmond of Essex
Rosenquist of Georgia
Small of Winooski
Whitman of Bennington
Judiciary
Chair: Grad of Moretown
Vice-Chair: Burditt of West Rutland
Ranking Member: Christie of Hartford
Colburn of Burlington
Donnally of Hyde Park
Goslant of Northfield
Lalonde of South Burlington
Leffler of Enosburgh
Notte of Rutland City
Norris of Sheldon
Rachelson of Burlington
Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
Chair: Sheldon of Middlebury
Vice-Chair: McCullough of Williston
Ranking Member: Smith of New Haven
Bongartz of Manchester
Brownell of Pownal
Dolan of Waitsfield
Lefebvre of Newark
L. Morgan of Milton
Morris of Springfield
Satcowitz of Randolph
Terenzini of Rutland Town
Transportation
Chair: Lanpher of Vergennes
Vice-Chair: Shaw of Pittsford
Ranking Member: Corcoran of Bennington
Bartholomew of Hartland
Burke of Brattleboro
McCormack of Burlington
McCoy of Poultney
Savage of Swanton
Smith of Derby
Stebbins of Burlington
White of Hartford
Ways and Means
Chair: Ancel of Calais
Vice-Chair: Kornheiser of Brattleboro
Ranking Member: Canfield of Fair Haven
Beck of St. Johnsbury
Brennan of Colchester
Durfee of Shaftsbury
Elder of Starksboro
Ode of Burlington
Masland of Thetford
Mattos of Milton
Till of Jericho
Categories: State Government
Thanks for the list of committee assignments.
Now we citizens need to encourage our elected legislators to reduce State spending and debt, let private enterprise handle health care, and allow energy choices to be freely made by individuals and businesses without government -imposed rules and subsidies through higher taxes.
Linda Kirker