Yesterday, January 7th, was our first day in session. The bus tour went on as planned. Because of the weather, I decided not to attend the Northern Maine bus tour. Instead, I stuck around the State House after session. I got a chance to find my locker, meet some other legislators, and also attended public hearings on the budget. Because of the large budget shortfall, budget hearings have started early this year.

Some of us have not had our first committee meeting as of yet. My first committee meeting on the Utilities Committee is next Tuesday the 13th. I am looking forward to meeting the other committee members. We have many bills coming before us. Bills on solar power, power lines, alternative power sources, etc.

I am submitting 5 or 6 bill ideas and I will present them here when all of the details are worked out and they have been passed on to the Reviser’s office. 

Janet Mills was sworn in as Attorney General this week. She gave a very eloquent speech. Janet is a wonderful speaker. You can read her acceptance speech here… http://www.turnmaineblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2241.

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