Posted on June 11, 2020 by admin
HARTFORD–House Republican Leader Themis Klarides on Thursday wrote a letter to leadership of the three other legislative caucuses, contending that time-sensitive issues, such as the allocation of federal relief funding, must be addressed in a special legislative session. Read the letter below, or view the original here.
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Dear Leaders,
Thank you for sharing with us your recent letters to Governor Lamont and for joining us in our calls for the Governor to make a greater effort to collaborate with…
Posted on June 11, 2020 by admin
HARTFORD–House Republican leaders on Thursday wrote to Gov. Lamont, asking him to reconsider his recent decision against delaying scheduled salary increases for state employees as Connecticut tries to recover from the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the letter below, and see the original here.
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Dear Governor Lamont,
In light of recent news stories, we are writing to urge you to reconsider the possibility of taking unilateral action to delay state employee salary increases. We…
Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin
As public officials, we must all stand together and condemn racism and injustice and reject those individuals in our society who use violence to perpetuate systems of inequality. The racial injustice infecting our nation is abhorrent, as is the violence that now burns like a wildfire throughout our country. To manifest peace, we must remember to be quick to listen, slow to anger and compassionate in our discourse. We must take this opportunity to listen to the cries of our brothers and sisters and…
Posted on May 28, 2020 by admin
House Republican Leader Themis Klarides and Deputy Leader Vincent Candelora, on behalf of the House Republican Caucus, today announced they will petition their chamber’s members to conduct a special legislative session this summer to address Gov. Lamont’s executive orders. In order to bring the House into special session, a majority of members must agree, effectively requiring House Democrats to join with Republicans.
“The governor, through two separate emergency declarations, has run the state by…
Posted on May 19, 2020 by admin
HARTFORD – The disbanded Dalio education partnership and the abandoned reopen Connecticut committee both failed due to lack of transparency and public trust, House Republican Leader Themis Klarides said today.
Klarides released a statement following the announcement from Gov. Lamont that both initiatives would be abruptly scrapped:
“The Dalio partnership and the reopen Connecticut panel were both established without any public scrutiny or oversight and operated without any transparency. Ultimately,…
Posted on May 15, 2020 by admin
Members of the House Republican caucus on Friday sent a letter to Governor Lamont to call for greater transparency and collaboration in the state’s continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter is below, and you can download a copy here.
May 15, 2020
Dear Governor Lamont,
It has been two months since the shutdown of the State Capitol that effectively ended the regular legislative session. However, that did not end our roles as elected representatives. In fact, our members and staff are…
Posted on May 14, 2020 by admin
“The lack of transparency and blatant disregard for any public input or comment about critical government functions – the safety and health policies
that must guide us in the coming months – is appalling. The people who run the businesses and are the backbone of our economy are the first people we should talk to, not out-of-state consultants who will earn millions telling us how to run our lives.
“And we learned of this development from the Lamont administration just after its chief public health…
Posted on April 30, 2020 by admin
Posted on April 28, 2020 by admin
House Republican leadership on Tuesday wrote to Governor Lamont to ask him to delay $135 million in state employee pay raises that are scheduled to go into effect July 1. Read the letter below, and see the original here.
Dear Governor Lamont,
We are writing on behalf of members of the House Republican Caucus to request that you exercise your authority under Section 28-9(b)(1) of our General Statutes and defer pay increases that are scheduled to go into effect starting July 1st.
We are…
Posted on April 21, 2020 by admin
Republican and Democrat legislative leaders on Tuesday announced that the regular 2020 session will not reconvene before the May 6 constitutional adjournment date. In a joint statement, House Republican Leader Themis Klarides, Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz, Senate President Martin M. Looney, House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff said,
“The 2020 regular legislative session will adjourn without any further action, and we are…
