"If somebody has a better approach than raising the gas tax, supported by two commissions from the Bush administration, let's hear from them."
"I think we should, in the basis of thinking about comprehensive tax reform, consider that."
"If we act now, we have the chance to make a difference on the land that will last for generations."
"the conservation title was escalated, and it was given more importance."
"Here is a program that is providing clean water, that is providing clean air, that is providing wildlife habitat."
"I think a lot of the angst comes from both the implementation of trade agreements with unenforceable provisions, aka such as the labor provisions in NAFTA."
"They feel that we write tax policies that make it easier for people to go overseas, and then we end up in trade agreements that further hurt labor here at home."
"Our overarching concerns with China who consistently retaliates when the United States brings an issue to the WTO for enforcement."
"I want to commend Erik Paulsen, who led a letter earlier this year, along with myself, to the President."
"I had an opportunity to meet with the Greater Hartford Labor Board and they posed a series of questions."
"We are concerned about the EU ban on United States shellfish."
"We hope to have him up to Connecticut."