I am looking forward to a productive Session ahead as I work on bills I introduced that address issue areas such as Increasing Teacher Diversity, Penalties for Driving Violations, Nonfatal Drug Overdose and Student Progress Reporting and others.
For over a month, many federal employees have been reporting to work and performing their duties - without pay. The government shutdown affects at least 1,500 Connecticut workers and they are struggling to pay their bills while they wait for their paychecks to resume.
The impact on federal employees from the prolonged government shutdown is increasingly affecting the livelihood of over 1,500 Connecticut residents and their families. Each additional day they work for no pay - child care, mortgages, food and car payments, to name a few, are falling behind and there is no indication for when paychecks will resume.
