REPS. ROWE, HWANG: GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PROPOSAL STRIKES RIGHT TONE

by: admin February 9, 2009

HARTFORD- State Reps. T.R. Rowe, R-123, and Tony Hwang, R-134, said today with families making sacrifices throughout Connecticut, Governor M. Jodi Rell’s budget proposal that reduces the size of government establishes an excellent starting point for the Legislature to begin crafting a 2009-2011 state budget. The proposal Gov. Rell unveiled on Wednesday, February, 4 will [...]

REPS. ROWE, HWANG: DEFICIT PACKAGE SHORTCHANGES TAXPAYERS

by: admin January 15, 2009

HARTFORD- On Wednesday, January 14, State Reps. T.R. Rowe (R-Trumbull) and Tony Hwang (R-Fairfield, Trumbull) voted to reduce the state’s mounting deficit by $185 million, $54 million more than Democrat party leaders who added an additional $274,000 in hidden spending that will only worsen the state’s fiscal crisis. The package approved reduces the projected $800 [...]