Connecticut to Lose $20 Million in Federal Funding
HARTFORD – Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) issued the following statement in response to today’s CT Mirror report on President Trump’s cut to the federal digital equity program which will cause Connecticut to lose $20 million in funding.
“This is getting exhausting. Just five months into Republican control of Washington and it’s already hard to keep track of all the ways the GOP has shifted more of a burden onto Connecticut taxpayers. Week after week, they target another federally funded program — whether it’s mental health care for Connecticut kids or, this week, funding to expand digital access in our communities — and tell local taxpayers to pay for it themselves. Make no mistake: voters notice, just as they notice the ever-growing silence from Connecticut Republicans, who still can’t seem to find the courage to utter a single meek word in defense of the people they supposedly represent.”
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