Arrogance has no place in public policy

This video clip was taped during a Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee meeting on June 1st 2015 last year.  The legislative session would end less than 48 hours later. We were voting on the revenue side of the budget at this meeting.  I’m inquiring, of the House Chair of the Committee, if provisions of SB…

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Bipartisan support gets the job done

I very much enjoyed the opportunity to welcome back New Haven Mayor Toni Harp to the Capitol when she came to testify before the Finance Committee in March. Toni (while she was serving as state senator) and I co-chaired the Mental Health part of the Gun Safety Bill written and passed in response to Sandy Hook School…

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