President Trump may want to rewrite who counts as American, but Connecticut has made its values clear.

The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship.

The America and the Connecticut I love treat people from every background as neighbors.

Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty is Emma Lazarus’s poem calling her the ‘Mother of Exiles,’ guiding the poor and displaced to safety.

That is who we choose to be, and we will keep defending it with every tool we have.

For more than a decade, Judge Cradle has served our state’s courts with professionalism, impartiality, and integrity, and I am confident that she will continue this approach as she transitions to Connecticut’s highest court.

Today marks an important—and long overdue—milestone as Melanie Cradle becomes the first Black woman ever to be confirmed to serve on the Connecticut Supreme Court.

These federal changes represent a cruel decision to pull food away from people who need it most.

Nobody working a full-time job should live in poverty," Governor Lamont said.

I congratulate her on this distinctive honor.

Connecticut broadly prohibits retailers and third-party delivery services from using surveillance pricing.

I am urging Congress to reverse these inhumane cuts so we can get groceries back on the tables of those who need it.

I am particularly troubled by the decision to eliminate the exemption for veterans who risked their lives for our country and are now having the rug pulled out from under them.

We are proud of the many farms we have in Connecticut that are growing healthy, nutritious food, connecting our state’s residents to food that is grown, raised, harvested, and prepared right here in our own neighborhoods.

I'm proud of the fact that we have half as many people incarcerated as we had 15 years ago. Much lower recidivism rate. Now we've got to work on healthcare in our prisons.

I strongly encourage everyone in Connecticut to visit some of the more than 120 farmers’ markets we have in our state, where you can not only get good food to nourish your family, but you can also support local farms and the many local…

We had a spending cap going back to the early ’90s, and everyone winked at it.

I have to remind people every day how dire our circumstance was in decades past.

I thought the [2017] guardrails made some sense, and I’m glad they did it.

I think people are taking a second look at Connecticut because of this fiscal dedication.

I think I’m the only governor — ever — to take our pension obligations seriously and make a difference there.

Congratulations to the men and women of Electric Boat and thank you for your work keeping our country safe.

With these multi-year contracts, the Navy has made clear what we’ve known all along: Electric Boat builds the best submarines in the world, and Connecticut has the best workforce in the world to build them.

Driving under the influence is unacceptable, and these lives should never have been lost.

That’s why we’re investing in affordable housing, transportation, and great schools, so that the families moving to the New London area to build the future of our Navy have every reason to put down roots and stay.