The Issues

CT has the 2nd highest state/local tax burden in the US and 2nd highest debt burden in the US, largely due to out of control government spending.

The majority party has proposed a statewide property tax, capital gains surcharge, and increased conveyance tax on homes over $1 million. I have vocally opposeed all of these additional burdens on CT’s taxpayers.

I have proposed legiation to 1) eliminate the gift tax (we are the only state with one), and 2) repeal the state tax on social security payments.

I strongly oppose a statewide property tax, which has been proposed by the Democrat majority. This is in addiiton to what we pay to Stamford and Greenwich already.

The 2020 Police Accountability Bill significantly tied the hands of law enforcement, including reducing and in some cases eliminating criminal penalties for car theft by juvenile offenders.

I supported restoring the consent search to take illegal guns and drugs off the streets and requiring police to fingerprint violent juvenile criminals.

Preserving local control is a top priority. Loss of local control of zoning has the potential to render Greenwich and Stamford unrecognizable in the next 10-20 years.  

As a member of the Housing Committee, I have been one of the Legislature’s most vocal opponents of one-size-fits-all state mandates.

After the passage of HB8002, I immediately introduced legislation to reduce its deleterious effects, including curtailing the state Department of Housing’s ability to develop state land in our communities without local input.

I am pro-choice.

I believe abortion in CT should be legal, safe and rare.

I strongly support efforts to expand access to birth control, including longer term forms of birth control (eg., IUD) which have been proven to be most effective in reducing unplanned pregnancy.

I was appointed as a freshman to serve as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Special Education. The Committee passed bipartisan, unanimous legislation to reform special education services in CT and provide municipalities a repreive from special education costs.

CT ranked 5th among the 50 states in spending per student ($21,146); I support more effective deployment of state funds to achieve maximum results.

I support increased funding to charter schools, providing increased school choice and opportunity for all kids to rise up through education

  I am one of the House’s strongest defenders of CT’s Fiscal Guardrails, implemented in 2017, which began to get CT’s fiscal house in order. Unfortunately, the Legislature voted in 2024 and 2025 to weaken the Guardrails (I defended them), and slow CT’s economic recovery. I will continue to work towards balanced spending and fiscal responsibility.

Over the past 6 years, CT state employee pay has increased 33%, and is now the second highest of the 50 states. I authored legislation to impose a 2-year wage freeze on further increases in state employee pay, because CT’s public sector is growing faster than the private sector’s ability to pay for it.