Today I joined Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, members of the city's state and federal delegations, representatives from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to announce $3.3 million in state funds for the ongoing work at the abandoned Anamet site (17.5 acres on the Naugatuck River) in Waterbury.

H.B. 7175 voted out of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee 

I am determined to champion the daunting challenge of neighborhood pharmacies like Weston’s that are slammed with Pharmacy Benefits Manager restrictions, ‘claw backs’ costs, DIR fees and delays in reimbursement that are unsustainable for our pharmacies that are trying to compete. 

The State Bond Commission approves funding for Danbury and Newtown.

I co-sponsored legislation that was passed by the Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees Committee. HB 6508, An Act Concerning Investment in the Construction Job Workforce for Low-Income Residents, will be voted by the House this session.

The bill aims to create a construction job career path for low-income residents and ensure successful employment through state hiring requirements in state construction contracts.

I started this busy legislative week by voting on two cannabis related bills in the General Law Committee.

Recently the state took another step closer to a $15 minimum wage after the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee moved three bills concerning a minimum wage increase out of committee.

H.B. 7238 voted out of the Labor and Public Health Committee