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    February 5, 2020

    Rep. McGorty, Lawmakers Begin 2020 Session

    Rep. McGorty, Lawmakers Begin 2020 Session
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    HARTFORD – The General Assembly gaveled in for the 2020 Legislative Session on Wednesday. The current legislative session is a “short session”, which will run until midnight on Wednesday, May 6th.

    “Governor Ned Lamont continues to push for policies that will only move our state backwards,” said Rep. McGorty. “The governor should abandon his push for tolls and work with us on a bipartisan solution. If the governor wants both parties to work together then he should include us and listen to our ideas on how we think we should budget and fix our transportation infrastructure. Unfortunately, the governor and Democratic lawmakers have closed the door to many of our common sense ideas.”

    Governor Ned Lamont delivered his state of the state address to the joint session of the House and Senate. Governor Lamont’s main focus this legislative session is passing truck-only tolls.

    Additional priorities for the governor include studying a way to legalize marijuana and implementing a Clean Slate Program to expunge Class C&D misdemeanors after 7 years. The governor’s $22.3 billion one year budget plan increases spending 0.6% on top of the 3.4% increase built into the adopted budget.

    For more information or to read the Governor’s full budget proposal visit
    https://portal.ct.gov/OPM/Bud-Budgets/Bud-Budgets/FY-2021-Budget-Adjustments.

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