THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, October 7, 2022 Page 19 BHRC | FROM PAGE 15 High School, filed the measure after a request by former student Vicki Ziniti who has dwarfism. “She has organized an advocacy group of people with dwarfism and asked me about the possibility for ‘National Dwarfism Day’ in the commonwealth. Since graduating, Vicki has gotten her teaching certification and is a classroom teacher so you know we were excited to file this legislation and advocate for its passage.” "While there may be health complications involved with dwarfism we need to treat people with dwarfism equally with others," continued Hawkins. "This holiday will be to celebrate the significant accomplishments and contributions to our community from people with dwarfism. QUOTABLE QUOTES “The MCAS results released today are anything but surprising. Massachusetts students are showing the cumulative impact of trauma, given a pandemic that has brought staggering losses to families and communities— including the deaths of loved ones.” ---MTA President Max Page on the disappointing results of the MCAS tests. “It is concerning that our sales are decreasing, especially given the type and quality of products we're putting out in the market. But I will say that this is a trend that the entire country is seeing with the lottery. I think everyone is aware of what's going on in the world financially with inflation and stuff, and so we're going to be looking at some ways to see if we can make some changes to adjust to the current market structure.” --- Interim Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken noting that Lottery sales in August were down $35.9 million or 6.4 percent compared to August 2021, “All of us, Democrats and Republicans, started talking about the consequences here in the Northeast over the summer and wrote to the Biden administration, met with the Biden administration and gave them a variety of things that we thought they could do that would help us on both price and reliability for our residents this winter. There are some things we’re hoping the feds will do to help us." ---Gov. Baker urging the federal government to step up to help New Englanders likely to be hurt by high electric and heating bills this winter. “This settlement is a significant result in our work to protect taxpayer dollars and the integrity of our MassHealth program. We are pleased to secure these funds to help control Medicaid costs and ensure that state resources are directed to the best possible uses in our health care system.” ---Attorney General Maura Healey on a $14 million settlement with the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care insurer to resolve claims that it overcharged the state Medicaid program, MassHealth, millions of dollars for pharmacy benefits and services provided by subsidiary companies. HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK'S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature's job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brieflength of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of September 2630, the House met for a total of 30 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 14 minutes. Mon. Sept. 26 House11:01 a.m. to11:15 a.m. Senate 11:10 a.m. to11:18 a.m. Tues.Sept. 27 No House session No Senate session Wed. Sept. 28 No House session No Senate session Thurs. Sept. 29 House11:01 a.m. to11:17 a.m. Senate 11:16 a.m. to11:22 a.m. Fri. Sept. 30 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.comBob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019. Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma Your Hometown News Delivered! EVERETT ADVOCATE MALDEN ADVOCATE REVERE ADVOCATE SAUGUS ADVOCATE One year subscription to The Advocate of your choice: $200 per paper in-town per year or $150 per paper out-of-town per year. Name_________________________________________ Address_______________________________________ City_______________ State_______ Zip ____________ CC# _______________________________ Exp. _____ Sec. code____ Advocate (City):___________________ Clip & Mail Coupon with Credit Card, Check or Money Order to: Advocate Newspapers Inc. PO Box 490407, Everett, MA 02149
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