Posted on September 28, 2021

On Monday, the House of Representatives voted in favor of extending Governor Lamont’s emergency powers through February 15, 2022 for a sixth time. As I have done in the past, I voted NO on this extension. The governor has navigated us through the uncharted waters of the greatest public health threat of our lifetimes. This was a challenging task. By definition we no longer have a pandemic, so regular constitutional order should have restored yesterday. I see no reason that these orders be extended…

Posted on September 24, 2021

When the Connecticut House of Representatives meets this Monday, September 27th, it will be in a special session to vote on a seventh extension of the governor’s emergency powers, this time at least until February. Our House of Representatives special session is set to begin at 12:30 p.m.

Once again, Governor Lamont insists that Connecticut’s public health and civil preparedness emergency declarations must be extended. However, our neighbors in Massachusetts have still managed COVID effectively in…