Ellen Phillips

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"We all know that we can't arrest our way out of the opioid crisis, but it seems to me to be an important part of the larger plan."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"As a parent, grandparent and former NH Educator, I believe that an excellent public education, including public preschool, should be a top priority in our state."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"An essential component of a Friendly Family Economy is to secure the funding of Medicaid Expansion for the 40,000 working families who would otherwise access healthcare through hospital emergency rooms, which is the most expensive and least efficient use of health care funds. Making this program permanent coupled with raising the minimum wage will assist families to move out of poverty."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016

"I believe that New Hampshire must have a living wage. It just can't be done on $7.25 or $8.00 an hour. We know that."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"I also believe that affordable higher education will keep many of our talented high school graduates attending NH Colleges and Universities and good paying jobs will keep them in New Hampshire when they finish their education."

Candidate's Facebook Page, 2018

"Governor Sununu may say that the voucher program will help low income families, but he really knows it won't. $3,000 or a little more will not have low income families jumping for joy because private schools cost much more that they can't offord if they want to. Only home schooling families can make a little part time salary for the parent of approximately $15,000 if they decide to keep their 4 children home. If only 4 families in a small school like New Durham's decided to home school and take this money, and one or two more decided to use it to help their bottom line on tuition, it could take $70,000 or more of taxpayer dollars out of our school. That would be the salary plus benefits for a young teacher, but not change the number of teachers needed for the rest of the children.

"Yes, I believe parents should choose what they consider to be the best education for their children, but not at the expense of our already underfunded ( in some communities) schools."