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A virtual joint session of the Vermont legislature was held this afternoon to hear Governor Phil Scott’s budget address.
The joint session is usually framed in pomp and ceremony but due to the pandemic it featured only Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray and the Senate Clerk introducing Governor Scott to deliver his fifth budget address.
The Republican began with comments on the inauguration of President Joseph Biden just two weeks after a violent mob attempted to overturn the results of the election. “We cannot pretend it didn’t happen or sweep it under the rug. We must reflect on it and find a path forward that unites us.”