
By Guy Page
The attempted veto override of S.5, the so-called Affordable Heating Act, will take place in the Vermont House later this week, a spokesperson for the Speaker of the House said today.
VDC called the Speaker’s Office at 10 AM this morning. The respondent said the House will do a full day’s work beginning at 1 pm today, but that the S.5 override won’t happen until later this week – which day, she couldn’t specify.
An S.5 veto vote is on today’s Senate calendar. That agenda item was passed over during this morning’s session.
Last week, State House scuttlebut had the S.5 veto override vote happening in a separate session on June 20-22. But when Gov. Scott issued his official veto late last week, House and Senate leaders instead decided on a prompt override vote.
S.5 in effect taxes fossil fuel heating oil consumption and spends the tax/fee revenue on subsidies for weatherization and electric-powered heat, including heat pumps. Supporters say it will reduce carbon emissions and make heating prices more stable, because electricity rates are regulated by the State.
Opponents say it will do little to reduce global carbon emissions but will jack up the cost of heating homes with both fossil fuels and electricity, in a way that most of the burden will fall on the lower-and-middle income homeowners living in older, rural houses. They also say that the labor force lacks enough workers to weatherize and retrofit Vermont homes.
Gov. Scott vetoed S.5 because the supposed ‘check back’ provision – intended to delay any action for two years while a thorough study of economic and environmental impacts is conducted – is confusing and contradictory and won’t, in practice, stop early implementation.
Vermont legislators may be contacted about S.5, or any other legislation, on their legislative email addresses:
House of Representatives
Member | District | Town(s)/city | Party | Committee | District |
Representative Julia Andrews | Chittenden-25 | Milton, Westford | Democrat | Ways and Means | jandrews@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Joseph Andriano | Addison-Rutland | Shoreham, Orwell etc. | Democrat | Health Care | jandriano@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Peter Anthony | Washington-3 | Barre City | Democrat | Ways and Means | panthony@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative John Arrison | Windsor-2 | Weathersfield | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | jarrison@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Angela Arsenault | Chittenden-2 | Williston | Democrat | Judiciary | aarsenault@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Sarah “Sarita” Austin | Chittenden-19 | Colchester | Democrat | Education | saustin@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative John L. Bartholomew | Windsor-1 | Hartland/W. Windsor | Democrat | Transportation | jbartholomew@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Ashley Bartley | Franklin-1 | Georgia/ Fairfax | Republican | General and Housing | abartley@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Scott Beck | Caledonia-Essex | St. Johnsbury/Kirby | Republican | Ways and Means | sbeck@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Daisy Berbeco | Chittenden-21 | Winooski | Democrat | Health Care | dberbeco@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Matthew Birong | Addison-3 | Vergennes, et al. | Democrat | Gov Operations and Military Affairs | mbirong@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Alyssa Black | Chittenden-24 | Essex | Democrat | Health Care | ablack@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Tiffany Bluemle | Chittenden-13 | Burlington | Democrat | Appropriations | tbluemle@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Seth Bongartz | Bennington-4 | Manchester | Democrat | Environment and Energy | sbongartz@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Michelle Bos-Lun | Windham-3 | Westminster | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | mboslun@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Lucy Boyden | Lamoille-3 | Cambridge | Democrat | Gov Operations and Military Affairs | lboyden@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Erin Brady | Chittenden-2 | Williston | Democrat | Education | ebrady@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Carolyn Branagan | Franklin-1 | Georgia/ Fairfax | Republican | Ways and Means | cbranagan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Patrick Brennan | Chittenden-19 | Colchester | Republican | Appropriations | pbrennan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jana Brown | Chittenden-1 | Richmond | Democrat | Education | jbrown@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Nelson Brownell | Bennington-1 | Pownal | Democrat | Education | nbrownell@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jessica Brumsted | Chittenden-7 | Shelburne | Democrat | Human Services | jbrumsted@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Thomas Burditt | Rutland-2 | Rutland | Republican | Judiciary | tburditt@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mollie S. Burke | Windham-8 | Brattleboro | Prog/Dem | Transportation | mburke@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Elizabeth Burrows | Windsor-1 | West Windsor | Dem/Prog | General and Housing | eburrows@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Tesha Buss | Windsor-5 | Woodstock | Democrat | Education | tbuss@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative R. Scott Campbell | Caledonia-Essex | St. Johnsbury | Democrat | Transportation | scampbell@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative William Canfield | Rutland-10 | Fair Haven | Republican | Ways and Means | wcanfield@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jim Carroll | Bennington-5 | Bennington/ Pownal | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev. | jcarroll@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Conor Casey | Washington-4 | Montpelier | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | ccasey@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Ela Chapin | Washington-5 | E. Montpelier | Democrat | Judiciary | echapin@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Heather Chase | Windsor-Windham | Chester | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev. | hchase@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Seth Chase | Chittenden-20 | Colchester | Democrat | Gov Operations and Military Affairs | schase@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Robin Chesnut-Tangerman | Rutland-Bennington | Pawlet/ Wells | Democrat | General and Housing | rchesnut-tangerman@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kevin “Coach” Christie | Windsor-6 | Hartford | Democrat | Judiciary | kchristie@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Brian Cina | Chittenden-15 | Burlington | Prog/Dem | Health Care | bcina@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Paul Clifford | Rutland-4 | Rutland | Republican | Environment and Energy | pclifford@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Sara Coffey | Windham-1 | Guilford | Democrat | Transportation | scoffey@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Esme Cole | Windsor-6 | Hartford | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | ecole@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Peter Conlon | Addison-2 | Cornwall | Democrat | Education | pconlon@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Timothy R. Corcoran II | Bennington-2 | Bennington | Democrat | Transportation | tcorcoran@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mari Cordes | Addison-4 | Lincoln | Democrat | Health Care | mcordes@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Penny Demar | Franklin-7 | Enosburg | Republican | Health Care | ademar@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Carl Demrow | Orange-1 | Corinth, et al. | Democrat | Ways and Means | cdemrow@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Eileen Dickinson | Franklin-2 | St. Albans Town | Republican | Appropriations | edickinson@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Leonora Dodge | Chittenden-23 | Essex | Democrat | Transportation | ldodge@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Karen Dolan | Chittenden-22 | Essex | Democrat | Judiciary | kndolan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Katherine “Kari” Dolan | Washington-2 | Waitsfield | Democrat | Appropriations | kdolan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Anne B. Donahue | Washington-1 | Northfield | Republican | Human Services | adonahue@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kate Donnally | Lamoille-2 | Hyde Park, et al. | Democrat | Judiciary | kdonnally@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative David Durfee | Bennington-3 | Shaftsbury | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | ddurfee@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Caleb Elder | Addison-4 | Starksboro | Democrat | General and Housing | celder@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Alice M. Emmons | Windsor-3 | Springfield | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | aemmons@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Bobby Farlice-Rubio | Caledonia-1 | Barnet/ Waterford | Democrat | Health Care | bfarlice-rubio@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Gina Galfetti | Washington-Orange | Barre/ Williamstown | Republican | Corrections and Institutions | ggalfetti@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Rey Garofano | Chittenden-23 | Essex | Democrat | Human Services | rgarofano@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Leslie Goldman | Windham-3 | Rockingham | Democrat | Health Care | lgoldman@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kenneth Goslant | Washington-1 | Northfield | Republican | Judiciary | kgoslant@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Rodney Graham | Orange-3 | Williamstown | Republican | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | rgraham@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Edye Graning | Chittenden-3 | Jericho/ Underhill | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev. | egraning@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative James Gregoire | Franklin-6 | Fairfield | Republican | Human Services | jgregoire@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Lisa Hango | Franklin-5 | Berkshire | Republican | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | LHango@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative James Harrison | Rutland-11 | Chittenden | Republican | Appropriations | jharrison@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Troy Headrick | Chittenden-15 | Burlington | Prog/Dem | Corrections and Institutions | theadrick@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mark Higley | Orleans-Lamoille | Lowell | Republican | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | mhigley@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Rebecca Holcombe | Windsor-Orange-2 | Norwich, et al. | Democrat | Appropriations | rholcombe@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Philip Jay Hooper | Orange-Washington-Addison | Berlin | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | JHooper@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Robert Hooper | Chittenden-18 | Burlington | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | rhooper@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Lori Houghton | Chittenden-22 | Essex Jct. | Democrat | Health Care | LHoughton@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mary E. Howard | Rutland-6 | Rutland | Democrat | General and Housing | MHoward@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Noah Hyman | Chittenden-8 | S. Burlington/ Williston | Democrat | Human Services | nhyman@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kathleen James | Bennington-4 | Manchester Center | Democrat | General and Housing | kjames@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Stephanie Jerome | Rutland-9 | Brandon | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev. | sjerome@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Emilie Kornheiser | Windham-7 | Brattleboro | Democrat | Ways and Means | ekornheiser@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Emilie Krasnow | Chittenden-9 | S. Burlington | Democrat | General and Housing | ekrasnow@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jill Krowinski | Chittenden-16 | Burlington | Democrat | Rules | jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Larry Labor | Essex-Orleans | Morgan | Republican | General and Housing | llabor@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Dennis LaBounty | Caledonia-3 | Lyndon, et al. | Democrat | General and Housing | dlabounty@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kate Lalley | Chittenden-6 | Shelburne | Democrat | Transportation | klalley@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Martin LaLonde | Chittenden-12 | S. Burlington | Democrat | Judiciary | mlalonde@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Saudia LaMont | Lamoille-Washington | Stowe/ Morristown | Democrat | General and Housing | SLamont@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Diane Lanpher | Addison-3 | Vergennes | Democrat | Appropriations | dlanpher@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Wayne Laroche | Franklin-5 | Franklin | Republican | Corrections and Institutions | wlaroche@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Josie Leavitt | Grand Isle-Chittenden | Grand Isle | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | jleavitt@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jed Lipsky | Lamoille-1 | Stowe | Independent | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | jlipsky@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kate Logan | Chittenden-16 | Burlington | Prog/Dem | Environment and Energy | klogan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Emily Long | Windham-5 | Newfane | Democrat | Rules | elong@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Eric Maguire | Rutland-5 | Rutland City | Republican | Corrections and Institutions | emaguire@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Michael Marcotte | Orleans-Lamoille | Coventry | Republican | Commerce and Economic Dev. | mmarcotte@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative James Masland | Windsor-Orange-2 | Thetford | Democrat | Ways and Means | jmasland@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Christopher Mattos | Chittenden-Franklin | Milton | Republican | Ways and Means | cmattos@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kate McCann | Washington-4 | Montpelier | Democrat | Education | kmccann@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Michael McCarthy | Franklin-3 | St. Albans | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | mmccarthy@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Patricia McCoy | Rutland-1 | Pultney | Republican | Transportation | pmccoy@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Francis McFaun | Washington-Orange | Barre Town | Republican | Health Care | fmcfaun@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jubilee McGill | Addison-5 | Middlebury, et al. | Democrat | Human Services | jmcgill@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Marc Mihaly | Washington-6 | Calais/ Marshfield | Democrat | Appropriations | mmihaly@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Brian Minier | Chittenden-11 | S. Burlington | Democrat | Education | bminier@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Michael Morgan | Grand Isle-Chittenden | W. Milton | Republican | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | mmorgan@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kristi Morris | Windsor-3 | Springfield | Democrat | Environment and Energy | kmorris2@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mary A. Morrissey | Bennington-5 | Bennington | Republican | Corrections and Institutions | mmorrissey@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Michael Mrowicki | Windham-4 | Putney | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | mmrowicki@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Emma Mulvaney-Stanak | Chittenden-17 | Burlington | Prog/Dem | Commerce, Economic Dev | emulvaneystanak@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Logan Nicoll | Rutland-Windsor | Ludlow | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev | lnicoll@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative William Notte | Rutland-7 | Rutland City | Democrat | Judiciary | wnotte@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Daniel Noyes | Lamoille-2 | Wolcott | Democrat | Human Services | DNoyes@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kate Nugent | Chittenden-10 | S. Burlington | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | knugent@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative John O’Brien | Windsor-Orange-1 | Tunbridge | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | jobrien@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Carol Ode | Chittenden-18 | Burlington | Democrat | Ways and Means | COde@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Thomas Oliver | Franklin-4 | Swanton/ Sheldon | Repub/Dem | Judiciary | toliver@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Woodman Page | Orleans-2 | Newport | Republican | Appropriations | wpage@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kelly Pajala | Windham-Windsor-Bennington | Londonderry, et al. | Independent | Human Services | kpajala@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Joseph Parsons | Orange-Caledonia | Newbury | Republican | General and Housing | jparsons@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Avram Patt | Lamoille-Washington | Stowe/ Morristown | Democrat | Enivironment and Energy | apatt@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Henry Pearl | Caledonia-Washington | Danville | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | hpearl@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Arthur Peterson | Rutland-2 | Clarendon | Republican | Human Services | apeterson@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Phil Pouech | Chittenden-4 | Hinesburg | Democrat | Transportation | ppouech@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Monique Priestley | Orange-2 | Bradford, et al. | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev | mpriestley@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Barbara Rachelson | Chittenden-14 | Burlington | Democrat | Judiciary | brachelson@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mike Rice | Bennington-Rutland | Dorset, et al. | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | mrice@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Tristan Roberts | Windham-6 | Wilmington, et al. | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | troberts@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jarrod Sammis | Rutland-3 | Castleton | Republican | Commerce and Economic Dev | jsammis@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Larry Satcowitz | Orange-Washington-Addison | Randolph | Democrat | Environment and Energy | lsatcowitz@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Robin Scheu | Addison-1 | Middlebury | Democrat | Appropriations | RScheu@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Charles “Butch” Shaw | Rutland-8 | Pittsford | Republican | Transportation | bshaw@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Amy Sheldon | Addison-1 | Middlebury | Democrat | Environment and Energy | asheldon@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Laura Sibilia | Windham-2 | Dover | Independent | Environment and Energy | lsibilia@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Katherine Sims | Orleans-4 | Craftsbury | Democrat | Ways and Means | ksims@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Taylor Small | Chittenden-21 | Winooski | Prog/Dem | Human Services | tsmall@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Brian Smith | Orleans-1 | Derby | Republican | Environment and Energy | BSmith@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Trevor Squirrell | Chittenden-3 | Underhill | Democrat | Appropriations | TSquirrell@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Gabrielle Stebbins | Chittenden-13 | Burlington | Democrat | Environment and Energy | gstebbins@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Thomas Stevens | Washington-Chittenden | Waterbury | Democrat | General and Housing | tstevens@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Mary-Katherine Stone | Chittenden-14 | Burlington | Dem/Prog | Education | mstone@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Heather Surprenant | Windsor-4 | Barnard | Prog/Dem | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | hsurprenant@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Chris Taylor | Chittenden-Franklin | Milton | Republican | Education | cataylor@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Curt Taylor | Chittenden-20 | Colchester | Democrat | Ways and Means | CTaylor@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Dave Templeman | Orleans-3 | Brownington | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | dtempleman@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Tristan Toleno | Windham-9 | Brattleboro | Democrat | Appropriations | ttoleno@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Casey Toof | Franklin-8 | St. Albans Town | Republican | Education/ Rules | ctoof@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Dara Torre | Washington-2 | Waitsfield | Democrat | Environment and Energy | dtorre@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Joseph “Chip” Troiano | Caledonia-2 | Stannard | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions | ctroiano@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Matt Walker | Franklin-4 | Swanton | Republican | Transportation | mwalker@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Chea Waters Evans | Chittenden-5 | Hinesburg/ Charlotte | Democrat | Gov Operations, Military Affairs | cevans@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Kirk White | Windsor-Addison | Bethel | Dem/Prog | Commerce and Economic Dev | kwhite@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Dane Whitman | Bennington-2 | Bennington | Democrat | Human Services | dwhitman@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Jonathan Williams | Washington-3 | Barre | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Dev | jwilliams@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Terri Lynn Williams | Essex-Caledonia | Granby | Republican | Education | twilliams@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Charles Wilson | Caledonia-3 | Lyndon, et al. | Republican | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, Forestry | cwilson@leg.state.vt.us |
Representative Theresa Wood | Washington-Chittenden | Waterbury | Democrat | Human Services | twood@leg.state.vt.us |
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Senator Philip Baruth | Chittenden-Central | Burlington | Dem/Prog | Appropriations/ Judiciary/ Rules | pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Christopher Bray | Addison District | New Haven | Democrat | Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy | cbray@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Randy Brock | Franklin | St. Albans | Republican | Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Finance/ Rules | rbrock@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Brian Campion | Bennington | Bennington | Democrat | Agriculture/ Education | bcampion@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Thomas Chittenden | Chittenden-Southeast | S. Burlington | Democrat | Finance/ Transportation | tchittenden@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Alison Clarkson | Windsor | Woodstock | Democrat | Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Rules/ Gov. Operations | AClarkson@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Brian Collamore | Rutland | Rutland | Republican | Agriculture/ Institutions | bcollamore@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Ann Cummings | Washington | Montpelier | Democrat | Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Finance | acummings@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Martine Gulick | Chittenden-Central | Burlington | Democrat | Education/ Health and Welfare | mgulick@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Ruth Hardy | Addison | East Middlebury | Democrat | Gov. Operations/ Health and Welfare | rhardy@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Wendy Harrison | Windham | Brattleboro | Democrat | Economic Dev., Housing and General Affairs/ Institutions | wharrison@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Nader Hashim | Windham | Dummerston | Democrat | Education/ Judiciary | nhashim@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Russ Ingalls | Essex | Newport | Republican | Institutions/ Transportation | ringalls@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Jane Kitchel | Caledonia | Danville | Democrat | Appropriations/ Transportation | jkitchel@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Virginia “Ginny” Lyons | Chittenden-Southeast | Williston | Democrat | Appropriations/ Health and Welfare | vlyons@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Mark A. MacDonald | Orange | Williamstown | Democrat | Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy | mmacdonald@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Dick Mazza | Grand Isle | Colchester | Democrat | Institutions/ Transportation/ Rules | dmazza@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Dick McCormack | Windsor | Bethel | Democrat | Finance/ Natural Resources and Energy | rmccormack@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Robert Norris | Franklin | Sheldon | Republican | Gov. Operations/ Judiciary | rnorris@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator andrew Perchlik | Washington | Montpelier | DemProg | Appropriations/ Transportation/ Rules | aperchlik@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale | Chittenden-Southeast | Burlington | Democrat | Economic Dev, Housing and General Affairs/ Finance | kramhinsdale@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Dick Sears Jr. | Bennington | N. Bennington | Democrat | Appropriations/ Judiciary | rsears@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Robert Starr | Orleans | N. Troy | Democrat | Agriculture/ Appropriations | rstarr@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Tanya Vyhovsky | Chittenden-Central | Essex | Prog/Dem | Government Operations/ Judiciary | tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Anne Watson | Washington | Montpelier | Dem/Prog | Gov. Operations/ Natural Resources and Energy | awatson@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator David Weeks | Rutland | Proctor | Republican | Education/ Health and Welfare | dweeks@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Richard Westman | Lamoille | Cambridge | Republican | Agriculture/ Appropriations | rwestman@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Rebecca White | Windsor | Hartford | Democrat | Gov. Operations/ Natural Resources and Energy | rwhite@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Terry Williams | Rutland | Poultney | Republican | Education/ Health and Welfare | twilliams@leg.state.vt.us |
Senator Irene Wrenner | Chittenden-North | Essex | Democrat | Agriculture/ Institutions | iwrenner@leg.state.vt.us |
Categories: Legislation
OK, So the tax/fee on fossil fuels will go to buy credits and assist with weatherization what about the millions of dollars that it will cost to set up and maintain this system? Where is that money coming from? Out of the general fund? Will it be an add on to government expenses or taken from an existing account?
The legislature can’t afford to let the public really know what’s in the bill and the more time the public has to read Gov Scott’s letter the more uncertain they are they can exert the force they need over their members. Of course the Republicans/Gov Scott have mishandled the PR of this whole legislative session. There should have been coordinated opposition and every exposed and amplified. Robert Roper and Guy Page can’t do it all themselves.