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Heidi Scheuermann
stated on May 16, 2019 in floor debate:

They understand the importance (of medical monitoring). It’s clear, though, that they want to do it in a way that is consistent with other states and S.37 just isn’t.

By Elizabeth Gribkoff • May 24, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall.:

"In my own state of Vermont, from the very first days of our state's history, what our Constitution says is that everybody can vote. That is true. So people in jail can vote."

By Ellie French • April 24, 2019

Rachel Siegel
stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters:

"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."

By Colin Meyn • April 11, 2019

Miro Weinberger
stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech:

"The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not."

By Aidan Quigley • April 7, 2019

Scott Beck
stated on March 26, 2019 in debate on the House floor:

"It is a carbon tax whether it is convenient to say it or not."

By Colin Meyn • March 29, 2019

Matthew Birmingham
stated on March 16, 2019 in a press release:

"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."

By Colin Meyn • March 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:

I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."

By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019

Christopher Coyne
stated on February 6, 2019 in speech at a public meeting in Rutland:

"We’re talking about a law that would allow a child to be aborted right up to the moment of birth."

By Colin Meyn • February 16, 2019

Phil Scott
stated on January 24, 2019 in his budget address in the Statehouse.:

"Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."

By Colin Meyn, Felippe Rodrigues • January 26, 2019

Thomas Anderson
stated on December 13, 2018 in in a meeting:

"If the experiences in Colorado and Washington are the experiences we have here, roadway deaths are going to go up, impaired driving is likely to go up."

By Kit Norton, Xander Landen • January 3, 2019

Miro Weinberger
stated on December 7, 2018 in Speech on carbon pricing. :

"As a city, we currently use about 4 percent less electricity today than we used in 1989."

By Elizabeth Gribkoff • December 8, 2018

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill:

Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."

By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018

Phil Scott
stated on October 10, 2018 in campaign debate:

"We had a waiting list in Chittenden County when I came into office of about 700. ... We opened a new treatment hub in St. Albans, and it reduced that number to zero."

By Lola Duffort • November 8, 2018

Michael Schirling
stated on October 2, 2018 in Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit:

"We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont."

By Anne Wallace Allen • October 31, 2018

Christine Hallquist
stated on October 10, 2018 in a press conference:

"There have been 44 plans submitted affecting 90 school districts. And the Scott administration has rejected all of them."

By Lola Duffort • October 30, 2018

Phil Scott
stated on October 10, 2018 in a debate:

"We have the most progressive tax system in the country, right here in Vermont."

By Xander Landen • October 29, 2018

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