Showing posts with label Speaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speaker. Show all posts

Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson on the 2017 Legislative Session


The June installment of the Chittenden County Democrats Show featured an interview with Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson, who reflected on the 2017 legislative session so far. The legislature will gavel back into session next week for two days, June 21st and 22nd, for an override session on the Governor's budget veto. Host Bob Hooper and Speaker Johnson discussed several topics including the impasse between the legislature and Governor over teachers' health care benefits, the future of the Windsor prison, and potential impacts of proposed federal tax cuts. The interview can be seen here.



Speaker of the House Shap Smith Interviewed on Democrats Show

The Chittenden Count Democrats Show, hosted by Bob Hooper and Rep. Mike Yantachka, featured an interview with Rep. Shap Smith (D), Speaker of the House and representing the Lamoille-Washington district.  Smith reflected on the accomplishments of the recently completed session and the outlook for next year.  The interview took place at the Channel 17 CCTV studio in Burlington.