Respond to Candidate
Peter Welch (D)
P.O. Box 1682
Burlington, VT 05402
Visit Candidate's Website
(802) 651-3487
info@welchforcongress.com
BIOGRAPHY
While one candidate did respond to the questionnaire, we cannot post that response until we receive a response from at least one other candidate.Q1: While the U.S. has made improvements in the number of children who have health insurance, many children remain uninsured. In addition, federal funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) will expire unless the program is reauthorized by March 2009. What priority do you place on SCHIP reauthorization? What can be done, if anything, to increase the number of children who have access to health insurance?
Q2: While the federal government has supported many initiatives to improve health care quality, these efforts often focus on adults and Medicare recipients. What steps, if any, would you support to enhance the quality of children's health care?
Q3: Senator Menendez introduced S. 3277, the "Children's Budget Act," which would add a requirement to future federal budgets to list the different sources of federal funding for children's programs, thereby illustrating how the federal government prioritizes and allocates resources affecting children. What importance, if any, do you place on creating a Children's Budget and why?
Q4: Health care reform may be a big topic for Congressional debate in 2009. What initiatives, if any, would you proactively support? How do you see children's healthcare fitting into this larger debate?
Q5: Today, many American families are comprised of either a working single parent or two working parents who need to use child care services in order to work - which can be a significant financial burden for those trying to make ends meet. What, if anything, can be done to make it easier for working families to obtain child care assistance?
Q6: About 50 million American workers do not have paid sick leave and many more cannot use their paid sick days to care for an ill child, causing hardship to families in which the only parent works or both parents work. What can be done, if anything, to make it easier for workers without paid sick leave to care for an ill child or to increase the number of workers who have paid sick leave?
Q7: The Federal Poverty Measure has remained virtually unchanged since it was first created in the 1960s, leading to various proposals to modify it. What changes, if any, would you make to the current method of determining how many Americans lives in poverty and why?
Q8: In June 2008, a Senate bill was introduced to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974. What importance, if any, do you place on reauthorizing this piece of legislation and why? What changes would you make to the JJDPA, if any?
Respond to Candidate
Thomas Hermann (P)
38 Long Street
Unit 3
Barre, VT 05641
Visit Candidate's Website
(802) 461-4433
thermann@votepeacevt.com
BIOGRAPHY
While one candidate did respond to the questionnaire, we cannot post that response until we receive a response from at least one other candidate.Q1: While the U.S. has made improvements in the number of children who have health insurance, many children remain uninsured. In addition, federal funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) will expire unless the program is reauthorized by March 2009. What priority do you place on SCHIP reauthorization? What can be done, if anything, to increase the number of children who have access to health insurance?
Q2: While the federal government has supported many initiatives to improve health care quality, these efforts often focus on adults and Medicare recipients. What steps, if any, would you support to enhance the quality of children's health care?
Q3: Senator Menendez introduced S. 3277, the "Children's Budget Act," which would add a requirement to future federal budgets to list the different sources of federal funding for children's programs, thereby illustrating how the federal government prioritizes and allocates resources affecting children. What importance, if any, do you place on creating a Children's Budget and why?
Q4: Health care reform may be a big topic for Congressional debate in 2009. What initiatives, if any, would you proactively support? How do you see children's healthcare fitting into this larger debate?
Q5: Today, many American families are comprised of either a working single parent or two working parents who need to use child care services in order to work - which can be a significant financial burden for those trying to make ends meet. What, if anything, can be done to make it easier for working families to obtain child care assistance?
Q6: About 50 million American workers do not have paid sick leave and many more cannot use their paid sick days to care for an ill child, causing hardship to families in which the only parent works or both parents work. What can be done, if anything, to make it easier for workers without paid sick leave to care for an ill child or to increase the number of workers who have paid sick leave?
Q7: The Federal Poverty Measure has remained virtually unchanged since it was first created in the 1960s, leading to various proposals to modify it. What changes, if any, would you make to the current method of determining how many Americans lives in poverty and why?
Q8: In June 2008, a Senate bill was introduced to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974. What importance, if any, do you place on reauthorizing this piece of legislation and why? What changes would you make to the JJDPA, if any?
Respond to Candidate
Cris Ericson (I)
879 Church Street
Chester, VT 05143
Visit Candidate's Website
(802) 875-4038
crisericson@aceweb.com