Sen. Patrick Leahy wasn't the only Vermonter making waves on Capitol Hill this week. On a lighter side (much lighter than subpoenas of high-ranking White House staff), Vermonter Molly Gray made The Hill's list of 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill, which you can read here.


Gray, 23, is from South Newberry and is Rep. Peter Welch's scheduler/executive assistant. She's described by The Hill, the Capitol Hill newspaper, this way:

Molly Gray, a former collegiate skier (at UVM) and aide to Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), bears a striking resemblance to actress Kelly McGillis, best known for playing
Maverick’s — aka Tom Cruise’s — love interest in “Top Gun.”

Gray, 23, grew up on a strawberry, dairy and vegetable farm in eastern
Vermont, and said she hadn’t previously been compared to McGillis. “I have to
say, I would take a walk in her shoes if that meant meeting Maverick and driving
a Porsche,” she said.Before signing up with Welch’s bid to succeed then-Rep.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Gray was a top-notch cross-country skier at the
University of Vermont. Her father was a two-time Olympic cross-country skier and
her mother, a downhill racer, broke her leg before the 1976 Games. Gray started
racing in high school before attending a ski academy. She was too busy skiing to
sign up for former Gov. Howard Dean’s (D) presidential campaign. In 2005, Gray
interned for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in Burlington and, after graduation, she
joined Welch’s campaign.

- Terri Hallenbeck