Health Care

  Successfully led the fight to maintain Prescription Advantage – a program that provides drug coverage to needy and middle class seniors

  Worked to override Governor Romney’s veto of the School Based Health Program- a successful program that has placed nurses in schools across the state, train staff and buy equipment such as hearing and vision testing machines.  The elimination of this program would have resulted in hundreds of school nurses being laid off and thousands of children, left without access to the necessary nursing services that keep them well enough to attend class

  Fought to restore $70 million in cuts by Governor Romney that would have denied Medicaid payments to hospitals for primary care.  Local hospitals such as Marlborough, Nashoba and Emerson rely on the funding of uncompensated care pool to provide patient care.

Education

  Filing legislation to shift state mandated special education costs away from local budgets back to the state and leading the fight to fully fund the “Circuit Breaker” to offset SPED costs

  Working for successful passage and funding of legislation to assist all communities that have school building projects on the wait list.

  Filing legislation to correct school funding formulas to benefit Metro-West school district with booming school age populations.

  Successfully fighting the reinstatement of transportation funding for Regional and vocational school districts.

Economic Development

  Passed the Economic Stimulus Package that extends the three percent investment tax credit rewarding good local businesses, such as Intel, that reinvest in their company.

  Provided millions of dollars in Workforce Training funds to MetroSouthWest Regional Employment Board.

  Funded the MetroWest Economic Research Council, which provides statistical research on economic trends in the greater Marlboro area to assist in development efforts.

  Successfully opposed cutting unemployment benefits and fought outsourcing of jobs overseas.

Environment

  Senator Resor was a chief architect of the Community Preservation Act that several of her communities (Acton, Ayer, Harvard, Southboro) have adopted. She also stopped efforts by big city mayors to raid the fund.

  Led a coalition of sportsmen and environmentalist to reinstate the Inland Fish and Game Fund to leverage $5 Million from the Federal government and protect the habitats of wildlife, both game and endangered species.

  Worked on strengthening the hazardous waste law and on passing “Brownfield’s” legislation that facilitates redevelopment of urban waste sites.

  Passed legislation which gives the Attorney General the ability to levy fines against polluters who fail to clean up.

  Successfully championed the funding of Riverways Program that forms public/private partnerships with volunteers and community environmental organizations to clean and maintain rivers like the Assabet.