Senator Bernie Sanders met with Vermont House Speaker Gaye Symington to discuss some of the concerns and issues of importance to Vermonters. Symington has served in the Vermont legislature since 1996 and was elected Speaker in 2005. She is the second woman to hold that position and one of only four women in the country to serve as speaker of a state legislature.
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