One of the most significant sources of revenue for the State of New Hampshire is our tourism business. Additionally, our state’s ability to attract great businesses and great jobs relies on our ability to provide a healthy, attractive environment. That is why Jackie has worked tirelessly over her two years in the NH House of Representatives and this past term in the NH Senate to balance the protections of our environment with sound economic development.

During this past session, Jackie supported legislation to fully fund the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program that preserves our historic properties and open spaces. She also supported the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act that ensures the protection of our shorelands and surface waters that draw so many tourists and provide for recreation for our citizens. As a member of the NH Senate Environment, Energy and Economic Development Committee, Jackie has also worked on as well as supported the regional greenhouse gas initiative the relies on market mechanisms to reduce carbon emissions thereby reducing pollutants into our air.

As Chair of the Large Groundwater Withdrawal Commission, Jackie has worked to ensure that stakeholders (our citizens, communities and business community) have access to the quantity and quality of water that is so vital to them, while balancing competing interests. She believes that communities should have a significantly enhanced voice in their natural resources such as the groundwater of their own community and has sponsored legislation that would give our communities greater standing in the decision-making process for large groundwater withdrawals. This is an area of considerable work for her commission at this time.

As a business professional, Jackie understands clearly that environmental protection must go hand-in-hand with sound economic policy. Her work on environmental issues at the NH Statehouse shows clearly that she understands the balance that must be struck in order to provide a welcoming environment for businesses while protecting our natural resources for the use and enjoyment of all of our citizens. Forward thinking business owners understand this as well. Profitable, progressive businesses know full well that there do not have to be trade-offs between economic progress and sound environmental policy. Jackie has been a staunch advocate for government policies that bring these often competing interests together to find responsible solutions to our environmental challenges.