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Senator Patrick Leahy: FBI Director Comey and Digital Investigation Center at Champlain College 04/24/2015

At the invitation of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey visits Vermont. Together, Leahy and Comey will tour the digital laboratory – the Leahy Center for Digital Investigation – at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Champlain College President Don Laackman will join Leahy and Comey on a tour, followed by a press conference.

Senator Patrick Leahy: Leahy Center Environmental Summit Keynote 03/20/2015

Senator Patrick Leahy introduce keynote speaker, United States Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, part of the ECHO, Leahy Center Environmental Summit focussing on 'Climate Change Resilient, Floodwater Smart'. President Barack Obama describes Secretary Jewell as “an expert on the energy and climate issues that are going to shape our future.”

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Congressman Peter Welch: Visits South Burlington to Announce City Center Funding 02/18/2015

Rep. Welch receives an update on South Burlington's City Center project and other development initiatives in the area.

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Senator Bernie Sanders: FairPoint Communications Worker Strike 10/28/2014

U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and leaders of the IBEW and CWA (Mike Spillane, business manager, IBEW Local 2326, Don Trementozzi, president, CWA Local 1400, Mike O’Day, vice president, CWA District 6) hold a press conference on the FairPoint Communications strike. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communication Workers of America have called on Wall Street hedge fund managers, who hold major shares in the company, to force FairPoint to return to the bargaining table with the unions that represent some 1,700 workers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The strike began October 17th after the North Carolina-based company slashed health benefits and froze workers’ pensions.

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Senator Bernie Sanders: VA Careers 10/13/2014

 U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald.

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Senator Patrick Leahy: Federal Partners 'Call to Action' 10/10/2014

Senator Leahy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Governor Shumlin and Mayor Weinberger kick off the Federal Partners “Call to Action” meeting, during which representatives present from at least 13 federal agencies will plan actions to address nutrient pollution and harmful algae blooms in Lake Champlain. Administrator McCarthy will announce EPA technical assistance to help Burlington take a more integrated approach to stormwater and wastewater projects and improve water quality in Lake Champlain.

Congressman Peter Welch: Coordinated Care for Seniors in Medicare 09/08/2014

Rep. Welch is joined by Vermont healthcare leaders, including Fletcher Allen CEO Dr. John Brumsted and OneCare CEO Todd Moore, in making an important announcement regarding coordinated care for seniors in Medicare.

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Congressman Peter Welch: Student Loans 09/03/2014

Rep. Welch is joined by UVM President Tom Sullivan, VSAC President and CEO Scott Giles, and recent college graduates to discuss legislation to reduce the cost of college loans.

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Senator Patrick Leahy: USDA Secretary Vilsack - Lake Champlain Water Quality Initiatives 08/28/2014

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visits Vermont to announce significant funding related to improving water quality through conservation-related practices on Vermont farms.

 

Leahy is the most senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and one of the architects of the recently enacted Farm Bill, which includes a variety of land conservation and water quality initiatives. Vilsack on Thursday will join Leahy and other Vermont leaders at ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain on the waterfront in Burlington, for the announcement at 9 a.m.

 

Immediately following the announcement Vilsack hosts a national press availability by conference call from the Leahy Center to announce the rollout of the dairy margin insurance program that was created in the 2014 Farm Bill. That initiative was also led by Leahy in the Agriculture Committee’s work on the Farm Bill, in efforts joined by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch.

All About Alzheimer's: Vermont Town Hall Meeting on Alzheimer's 08/22/2014

Hosted by the Governor's Commission on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders and the Alzheimer's Association, Vermont Chapter.

Speakers provide a positive discussion with fellow stakeholders in the dementia community and share ways to enhance dementia education, support and services in Vermont.
Short Presentations by Commissioner Susan Wehry, MD, Vermont Department of Disabilities Aging and Independent Living, William Pendlebury, MD, Medical Director of The Memory Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care and Rhonda Williams, Chronic Disease Prevention Chief, Vermont Department of Health.

A panel discussion with our speakers and additional participants representing families living with dementia, the residential long term care community and the Alzheimer's Association completes the Town Hall Meeting.

More information at: http://www.alz.org/vermont/index.asp

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