In another marathon House session, we were able to vote to provide dental benefits to Medicaid recipients and take another look at the congressional redistricting map.. However, the majority and its contigent of “free-staters” managed to block essential legislation that Granite Staters deserve and expect.
House Democrats showed their commitment to the people of New Hampshire by continuing late into the night and then into the morning of March 12 and 13 to finish the work of Granite Staters over the obstruction of House Republicans.
Majority Leader Doug Ley (D-Jaffrey) said, “I was proud of the work of the House and particularly the work of House Democrats today. Efforts by Republicans to disrupt the process including numerous motions and debates unrelated to our work purposely dragged the House session into the morning hours. Republicans, angry about being held accountable for not attending sexual harassment training, decided it was better to obstruct and deliberately delay.
With the ongoing threat of COVID19 they put members health at risk. Republicans claimed to take the process seriously but had to be scolded for smoking inside of the State House and tried to adjourn the House session which would have negated all the work we had done and prevented us from finishing the bills in front of us. Democrats showed again today we are serious about governing and will continue to do the work for the people of New Hampshire.”
Among the many bills passed by the House during this historic session were:
Investing in energy efficiency
Providing relief to victims of gun violence
Removing barriers to participation in elections
Steming big money in politics
Addressing gun violence amoung Granite State students and children
Redistricting
Addressinig student loan debt
Price cap for insulin
Ending child marriage in New Hampshire
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