House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs (Room 41)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

10:00 AM

H.208 - An act relating to absence from work for health care and safety

Public Hearing will be held in ROOM 11.
NOTE:
The Committee is working with the bill language of S.255

• Millard Cox, Ripton
• Joan Eckley, Vermont Worker's Center
• Sweeney Kane, Montpelier
• Lynn Akey, Brattleboro
• Corey Mallon, RN, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
• Janice Santiago, Woman Helping Battered Woman
• Ivan Smith, Vermont Worker's Center
• Mari Cordes, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
• Chris Schroth, Glover
• Bob Hard, Barre Town, VT
• Todd Keyworth, North Hero
• Roth Perry, Courtland Construction
• Andy Karwocki, ADA Traffic Control
• John Dubie, South Hero
• Marc Sherman, Vermont Retail Association
• David Mcknelly, Newbury
• Dawn Tatro, GW Tatro Construction
• Frank Haines, Manchester
• Fred McCullough, Mccullough Crushing
• George Malek, President, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
• Representative Dennis J. Devereux
• Ray Bouffard, Owner, Georgia Market
• Jeff Martell, Granite Industries of Vermont
• Nathan Blaise, Randolph
• Chuck Gregory, Vermont Workers' Center
• Sheila Linton, Brattleboro
• Avery Book, Burlington
• Mary Crowley, Essex Junction
• Daniel Stein, Calais
• Susan Rusten, VT NEA
• Marie Froeschl, VT NEA
• Jennifer Kimmich, Alchemist Brewery
• Pat Ullom, Vermont Worker's Center
• Heather Hassett, Vermont Early Educators United
• Ashley Moore, Vermont Worker's Center
• Earl Koopercamp, Barre
• Blaise Stauch, Vermont Workers' Center
• Tom Kingston, Colchester
• Christine Birong-Smith, Middlebury
• Shelly Martin, President, VSEA
• Melinda Moulton, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
• Martha Attmed, Burlington
• Gina Mangiafico, Vermont Worker's Center
• Ellen Schwartz, Brattleboro
• Nick Carter, VT Public Affairs Coordinator, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
• Karen Lafayette, VLIAC
• Ilana Copel, Burlington
• Alice Blachly, Calais

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

VT National Guard

Joint hearing with House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs, and Senate Committee on Government Operations - ROOM 11
Topics:
State of the VT National Guard
Sexual assault and harassment report

• Maj. Gen. Maj Gen Steven Cray, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard
• Lieutenant Angela Lakey, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC), Vermont National Guard
• Colonel Ellen Abbott, Counsel, Vermont National Guard
• Cameron Wood, Intern
• David Weinstein, Policy Advisor, Senator Bernie Sanders
• Katherine Becker Van Haste, Senior Legislative Assistant at U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senator Patrick Leahy
• Rebecca Robinson, Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator, Veterans Affairs

4:30 PM

Adjourn