MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Welch, Balint, and Scott to Hold Statewide Telephone Town Meeting on Vermont’s Flooding Disaster

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, Rep. Becca Balint, and Gov. Phil Scott will hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster this Wednesday, July 26 to answer questions and provide information on the federal and state response to the disaster, as well as how to access aid available to individuals, homeowners, farms, displaced employees, and small businesses.

Participants on the call will also be able to submit a question during the town meeting and will have the option of asking it live. State and federal officials will be available on the call to help answer Vermonters’ questions. More than 170 Vermonters have submitted a question in advance.

The telephone town meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, Sanders’ office will call Vermonters inviting them to participate in the town meeting. Another call will go out on Wednesday evening to connect Vermonters to the event. Vermonters who do not receive a call are welcome to listen to the event via livestream at https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders

Details
What: Telephone Town Meeting on Vermont’s Flooding Disaster with Sen. Sanders, Sen. Welch, Rep. Balint, and Gov. Scott
When: Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m.
Where: By telephone and audio livestream
Details: Vermonters and members of the press who do not receive a call, can listen to the event at https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders. The event will also be livestreamed on the Facebook pages of Sen. Welch, Rep. Balint, and Gov. Scott.