Highlights of Accomplishments Rhode Island Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts

Created Buy Local RI to bolster the state’s independent businesses and launching a corresponding website to expand sales for Rhode Island businesses and products.
Connecting Rhode Island small businesses to sources of capital.
Ensuring out-of-work Rhode Islanders can access federal assistance to continue their health insurance coverage at a more affordable cost.
Introducing Rhode Island businesses to alternative energy opportunities and subsidies including creation, through proposed legislation, of solar energy investments in Rhode Island.
Creating legislation to ensure Rhode Island–based companies, when all other factors are equal, obtain state contracts.
Working with Brown University and IBM to build a high-tech economy in RI, including bringing to Rhode Island an IBM supercomputing laboratory for industry and government use.

Led creation of Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008, successfully passing into law new research and information tools to make health coverage more affordable.
Leading the Long Term Care Coordinating Council to reform service to emphasize home and community care, as well as careful monitoring of the Global Medicaid Waiver implementation to ensure uninterrupted service to vulnerable populations.
Leading the push for stem cell research in Rhode Island, culminating in the formation of the Rhode Island Cord Blood Bank in May, the first public cord blood bank in New England.
Serving on board of directors of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, whose goal is to create a statewide health-care technology system that would ensure continuity and quality of care and save money.
In 2009, successfully led coalition fighting to reinstate Rhode Island’s Health Insurance Commissioner—a watchdog position she helped create as a state senator in 2004.
As co-chair of Permanent Joint Committee on Healthcare Oversight (2002–06) while a state senator, led the fight to reform the state's largest health care insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, creating increased accountability to the public that Blue Cross serves.
Chairwoman of State Senate Health and Human Services Committee, 2003–05.

A leading voice in seeking to ensure that the state budget does not continue as a series of one-time fixes but with a vision for long-term structural change.
Calling on legislators to pay their share of their health care coverage as state workers and most workers in the private sector alike are required to do.
Calling for investigation of no-bid, no-contract payment to Lucas Group by Governor’s office, introducing legislation to make sure loophole in state laws cannot be abused in the future.
Leading the Emergency Management Advisory Council (EMAC) to ensure a focus on coordination and collaboration in all kinds of emergencies: weather, pandemic or terrorism related.
Strengthening the focus of EMAC to ensure that effective measures are in place to protect the safety and security of particularly vulnerable populations, as well as integrating private business and public and private education into the emergency notification system.
Supporting Rhode Islanders serving in the armed forces by implementing a major care package program, Operation Holiday Cheer, and the Garden of Heroes at the State House.
Called together emergency managers and the long term care industry to ensure the safety of Rhode Islanders during the H1N1 Flu crisis in spring 2009, and closely monitoring the swine and seasonal flu response this fall.

Highest-ranking state official who supports a woman's right to choose.
Long-time proponent of marriage equality as a civil right in Rhode Island.
Honorary chair of Reading Across Rhode Island 2009, March of Dimes Rhode Island Honorary Chair 2009, Tiverton Land Trust Honorary Co-Chair 2009.

Highlights of accomplishments