By: Dirk Perrefort
News-Times
August 18, 2009
DANBURY — Two local lawmakers have been appointed to a legislative task force charged with planning the state’s response to children affected by the recession.
The task force will look into ways the state can respond to the declining conditions for children resulting from the economic slowdown.
The panel will also look [...]
HARTFORD- State Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112) announced today her appointment by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan to the Legislative Task Force on Children in the Recession.
“The current economic downturn affects not only working adults, but has a devastating impact on Connecticut’s children as well,” said Rep. Hovey. “As an educator, I am keenly aware of [...]
BRIDGEPORT— State Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112th), after touring Bridgeport-based Alloy Engineering Company, today said that proposals to balance the state budget by taxing employers would cripple Connecticut’s economic recovery.
“The most important focus of the state budget should be putting unemployed residents back to work and positioning Connecticut to emerge from this recession,” said Rep. Hovey. [...]
From: The Connecticut Post
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Page: D3
More Than A Slogan
Why Connecticut Cannot Afford To Raise Taxes
By: State Rep. DebraLee Hovey
In the ongoing budget debate, Majority Democrats in the General Assembly have proposed massive tax increases to bridge a budget deficit caused by the national economic downturn. Those increases are broad and deep, amounting to [...]
HARTFORD- State Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112) today issued the following statement praising House Republicans’ efforts to balance the FY 2009 and 2010 budget without tax increases:
“The challenges we face in this year’s biennial budget force every legislator to make a choice. My colleagues and I must choose between continuing unsustainable government spending financed by job-killing [...]
HARTFORD- State Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-112), upon returning from a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) Annual Report Subcommittee meeting, praised the Committee’s work in improving juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention efforts in the U.S. Rep. Hovey was appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell in 2007 as Connecticut’s representative to the [...]
