Ed's Record as State Auditor and State Senator

Ed’s Record as State Auditor:

• Saved millions of our hard-earned tax dollars through careful oversight
• Worked to increase transparency and publicity regarding the public’s tax dollars
• Improved efficiency of an important state office
• Fought for healthcare consumers against insurance company abuses
• Battled against no-bid contracts awarded to political ontributors
• Fought for working parents against dangerous conditions at child care centers
• Fought for seniors and veterans against shameful nursing care
• Fought for the business community against unfair distribution of tax credits

Ed’s Record as a State Senator:

With Healthcare

• Achieved affordable health care for all Vermonters by helping pass the Health Care Reform Bill in the 2006 legislative session
• Achieved a bill of rights for hospital patients in the 2007 legislative session
• Strengthened the 2006 Health Care Affordability Act with corrections and
  clarifications as well as a mandate to encourage enrollment in the 2007
  legislative session
  
• Achieved health care procedure quality standards across the state relating to
  cost control in the 2009 legislative session

With Consumer Protections

• Achieved healthier and cleaner public places by helping pass the Prohibition
  of Smoking in All Public Places bill in the 2005 legislative session
  
• Provided increased access to public funds for needy families in transition out
  of poverty through the Moving Families out of Poverty bill in the 2007
  legislative session
  
• Increased the effectiveness of the Vermont Sexual Abuse Response system
  through the Sexual Violence Act bill in the 2009 legislative session
  
• Succeeded in the removal of toxic chemicals that contribute to early
  childhood development issues as well as increased cancer rates for
  firefighters from the home through the Brominated Flame Retardants bill in
  the 2009 legislative session
  
• Guaranteed equal rights to all Vermonters regarding marriage with the
  passing of the Civil Marriage bill in the 2009 legislative session

With More Efficient & Responsible Government

• Fought for and achieved evaluation of more effective government practices in
  each budget
  
• Consistent use and exploration of alternative taxes to keep the burden spread
  fairly
  
• Maximized health care and technology stimulus dollars recieved from the
  federal government in the 2009 legislative session

With the Enviornment

• Increased agricultural water quality, agricultural economic development, and
  more efficient public land use throughs bills in the 2005 legislative session
  
• Achieved greater stormwater control and regulation through the Stormwater
  Management bill in the 2007 legislative session
  
• Succeeded in the protection of vital wetlands cherished by Vermonters
  through the Wetlands Protection bill in the 2009 legislative session
  

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Learn more about Ed’s Record in the links below.

  State of Vermont Legislature

  Ed’s Wikipedia Page

  Vermont Democratic Party

Read Ed’s Speeches in the links below.

  July 2008, Ed’s Declaration of Candidacy for Election

  July 2006, Ed’s Declaration of Candidacy for Reelection to the Senate

  May 2006, Ed’s Return Speech on Health Care Reform