Online Chat
Enosburg Elementary School
January 29, 1998

[EES]  Hello From E.E.S

[PatLeahy]  Good to be with you - any questions?

[EES]  Did you read the book?

[PatLeahy]  I have it here and have gone thru it - good to see a Vermont author.

[EES]  We are concerned about nuclear power

[PatLeahy]  That is a good concern - but we have know that Vermont gets a lot of its electricity from nuclear power.

[PatLeahy]  What is important that we keep constant safeguards in place on nuclear power and keep enforcing the safeguards.

[PatLeahy]  How many are there in your class and how many in the room now?

[EES]  There are 24 in our room. We are a 4/5 multiage class.

[PatLeahy]  For some reason your picture is not coming thru now but it is still pretty exciting to be able to talk with you.

[PatLeahy]  When i was your age growing up in Montpelier we didn't have anything like this.

[EES]  we can see you but you seem to be frozen

[PatLeahy]  I think we may fix that.

[EES]  Good!

[PatLeahy]  Is it working now?

[EES]  We had problems with our computers because of an ice storm

[PatLeahy]  I went up thru many parts of Vermont with Sen Jeffords to see the damage and than went back with my daughter and some of the people from my office

[PatLeahy]  The damage was terrible but I was very proud of all the Vermonters working together.

[EES]  How old is your daughter?

[PatLeahy]  I have a section on my home page that talks about the damage and I have told President Clinton about it.

[PatLeahy]  She is 30 years old and works at Trinity college. She was about your age when I first got elected to the Senate.

[EES]  What's your most favorite thing to do in the Senate?

[PatLeahy]  Is my picture working up there? If it is I will move the camera around and show you my office.

[EES]  The picture is not moving but we can see you

[PatLeahy]  I like the debates and meeting with Vermonters who come down here. There is always something interesting going on and I read several hundred pages of reports every day.

[PatLeahy]  Your picture just changed and I can see you all - you look GREAT

[PatLeahy]  Kyla I saw your sign and Kerry's

[EES]  you still are not moving

[PatLeahy]  Now I will show you some of my office. Just realized than was Kasey and David. I misread it. Saw Curtis too.

[EES]  your picture is still frozen

[EES]  we are unable to see your office

[PatLeahy]  We have Vanessa Kittell from Fairfield Vermont working here and I was trying to show you her too. Some day some of you may want to work in Washington.

[EES]  Is Vanessa a student? what does she do?

[PatLeahy]  She was a student at BFA and than in Oregon. Now she is helping me carry out my Senate duties.

[EES]  Are you still working on Land Mine issue?

[PatLeahy]  Yes I am. I want to see the world without landmines. I continue to work with people in the United States and around the world.

[EES]  As Vermonters we are proud of Jody Williams

[PatLeahy]  We should be proud of her and all those who worked with the International Campaign to Ban landmines. I have worked with her, the late Princess Diana and Sister Janice Ryan from Fairfield Vt.

[EES]  Please tell us if there is something we can do to ban landmines

[PatLeahy]  I see someone holding up a sign . Can you hold it closer to the camera?

[PatLeahy]  Your whole class could send a letter to President Clinton asking him to work with me to ban landmines.

[PatLeahy]  I saw the sign and HI back to you!

[EES]  We will do this today right after we sign off

[PatLeahy]  Thank you and I do appreciate it.

[EES]  Will we be on your web page? Please visit Mrs.Hardy's class soon

[PatLeahy]  Yes you will be on the page later today - hope you get a chance to see it.

[PatLeahy]  I would like to visit Mrs. Hardy's class. I think she does a great job teaching you.

[EES]  Yes she does

[EES]  Will you have time to read Phoenix Rising

[PatLeahy]  Yes - will try to read it this weekend. I am familiar with the story though and know how sad it is.

[PatLeahy]  I am glad it is fiction

[PatLeahy]  I have to leave now for a meeting that has already started but I do thank you for letting me be with you today .

[EES]  We don't want it to happen to anyone

[PatLeahy]  It won'e.

[PatLeahy]  please excuse any of my typos - meant to say it won't

[EES]  thank you for your time we appericiate this so very much

[PatLeahy]  Bye!

[EES]  We have to go write to President Clinton