Kate Farrar

Checks for $1,400 may be headed to many people’s bank accounts from the latest American Rescue Plan, but a stimulus payment can’t fix fair pay. For today’s Equal Pay Day — a day that signifies when women’s earnings catch up from men from the year before — the legislature can advance bills that will close the wage gap and prioritize the women in our communities who are disproportionately affected in the COVID-19 crisis.

Access Health CT (AHCT) continues to offer quality, affordable health care for those in need of coverage, especially during this public health crisis.

Thursday, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion relief package that will provide many Americans with $1,400 stimulus checks, a $3,000 Child Tax Credit per child up to 17-years-old, certain unemployment benefits, and more.

“On this International Women’s Day, we can celebrate women by taking concrete policy action that will improve our lives, our economic security, and in turn our state,” said Rep. Farrar. “Connecticut cannot get back to work if women cannot get back to work. And women cannot get back to work unless there are opportunities to access affordable child care and the child care support necessary to complete education and training. In this moment, our state can lead a recovery that focuses on fairness and equity.”

Monday, the Senate convened to discuss proposals passed out of the House of Representatives last Wednesday. I am pleased to share that today Governor Lamont signed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act.

Wednesday, the House of Representatives convened to discuss several legislative proposals, including HB 6515, An Act Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN Act), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of ethnic hairstyles historically associated with race.

Tomorrow the Connecticut House of Representatives will be in session. This is a key part of any legislative session as it is the time when all the members gather to debate, consider and vote on legislation.

"The governor's budget proposal signifies the start of the months-long process of developing our state's biennium budget. This budget will lay the groundwork for Connecticut's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged our state and left families struggling just to put food on their tables," said State Rep. Kate Farrar.