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Committee schedules veterans public hearing for 4 p.m. in Room 11; six speakers registered
Summary
The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee scheduled a public hearing on veterans’ issues at 4:00 p.m. in Room 11, with six people registered to speak; members agreed to outreach, to allow additional minutes given the small sign-up, and to accept walk-ins at the end of the hearing.
The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee set a public hearing on veterans’ needs for 4:00 p.m. in Room 11 and noted six people had registered to speak.
Committee members discussed outreach efforts to encourage attendance and testimony. Staff and members said they had distributed the hearing notice widely, including to state-level offices and caucuses, and expected testimony would yield useful information for the committee’s work on veterans and military affairs. Members noted veterans often hesitate to seek help and stressed that testimony can provide valuable information for policy and oversight.
The committee agreed to allow extended speaking times for those registered—members suggested increasing the allotted time from two minutes to four or five minutes because of the small number of sign-ups—and to allow additional, unsigned speakers to speak at the end of the hearing. The committee also arranged for note-taking support from the Senate Government Operations committee assistant and asked that speakers’ names and hometowns be recorded to keep the hearing moving.
Committee members spoke about outreach channels used to publicize the hearing, including member mailing lists, a National Guard caucus distribution, the Office of Veterans Affairs, and other state-level lists. Members expressed hope the hearing would produce “valuable information” to guide the committee’s work on veterans’ needs in Vermont.
