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House opening: Speaker frames session around housing, child care and climate resiliency
Summary
Madam Speaker opened the House in Montpelier, urging lawmakers to tackle a persistent housing crisis, build on recent child-care reforms and prepare for climate-driven disasters after recent floods that caused more than $1 billion in losses, and called for accountability as federal aid winds down.
The House of Representatives convened in Montpelier with the presiding officer urging urgent action on housing, child care and climate resilience as the session resumed.
Madam Speaker welcomed members back and said Vermonters expect the legislature to "find solutions to the challenges that impact our daily lives." She pointed to last session's tripartisan child-care bill and said it was already increasing affordability and provider wages. "We are…
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