Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 2, 2001

Volume 30, Number 9

Senator James Jeffords

U.S. Senator James Jeffords to give talk

The Honorable James Jeffords, U.S. Senator from Vermont, will deliver a Tercentennial lecture on Friday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.

A reception will follow his lecture in the Luce Hall common room. All are welcome to attend the lecture and reception.

Jeffords has had a long career in politics. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1988, after having represented Vermont in the House of Representatives for 14 years. He also served as Vermont's attorney general and a member of the State Senate.

Jeffords has long been involved with issues related to education. Earlier this year, as chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, he led the overhaul of federal programs that provide aid for primary and secondary education. In 1998 he oversaw the periodic reassessment of federal aid programs for undergraduates and graduate students. He has for years been an advocate of the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities.

Jeffords now chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, with jurisdiction over federal policy concerning air and water pollution, environmental effects of toxic substances, environmental effects of nuclear power, solid waste disposal and recycling, among other issues under the broad rubric of environmental policy.

The Vermont senator may be best known for his recent decision to change his party affiliation from Republican to Independent, which had the effect of shifting control of the Senate. At the time his move was widely described as a "seismic" event in American politics.

As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Jeffords also took part in writing the tax cuts legislation enacted this spring, and will be part of the debate over further tax cuts to stimulate the economy.

A 1956 graduate of Yale College and a graduate of the Harvard Law School, Jeffords is one of seven Yale alumni currently serving in the U.S. Senate.

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