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HOUSE DEMOCRATS • TONY GUERRERA
February 8, 2010
BIG SNOW STORM COMING: HEARING ON BILL ON SEAT BELTS ON SCHOOL BUSES
IS POSTPONED; NOW SET FOR FEB. 17
Weather forecasts have prompted the legislature's transportation committee to reschedule its Wednesday public hearing. READ MORE
January 28, 2010
STATEMENT OF REP. TONY GUERRERA
RE: 40 MILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL
“This $40-million is great news for one of the most important projects for Connecticut’s economic growth and transportation infrastructure. The New Haven-Hartford-Springfield high-speed rail line along the I-91 corridor is the key to our efforts to get the entire region moving. In order to get our economy out of the breakdown lane we need to ease the gridlock on our highways and expand mass transit options – high-speed rail will do just that.”
January 22, 2010
DESPITE COSTS AND CALLS FOR CAUTION,
FATAL BUS CRASH SPARKS SUPPORT FOR SEAT BELTS
Three out of four Connecticut residents support requiring seat belts on school buses, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. READ MORE
January 21, 2010
REP. GUERRERA AUTHORS SCHOOL BUS SAFETY LEGISLATION
House Chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington) has authored legislation to require that school busses be equipped with safety belts and that passengers be required to wear seatbelts while the busses are being operated. READ MORE
January 12, 2010
TEEN'S DEATH REVIVES BUS SEAT BELT DEBATE
For more than a decade, Connecticut lawmakers have considered and dismissed the idea of requiring seat belts on school buses that carry nearly 500,000 children each day. READ MORE
January 11, 2010
ROCKY HILL LEGISLATOR TO SUBMIT BILL TO REQUIRE SEAT BELTS IN SCHOOL BUSES
Twenty-three bills requiring seat belts on school buses have been introduced by state lawmakers over the past 20 years, but none ever made it out of committee.
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January 10, 2010
LAWMAKERS DEBATE SCHOOL BUS SEAT BELT LAW
Connecticut lawmakers say they will be proposing a law requiring the use of seat belts on school buses after a student was killed in a crash over the weekend. READ MORE
January 8, 2010
NEW HAVEN TO SPRINGFIELD HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT
GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM BOND COMMISSION
House Chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington) hailed the State Bond Commission’s approval of $26 million for the proposed New Haven-Springfield high speed rail line. READ MORE
January 7, 2010
REP. GUERRERA: GOVERNOR THROWS TOWNS A CURVE BY WITHHOLDING STATE ROAD FUNDING
State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington), House Chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, today called on Governor M. Jodi Rell to release millions in state aid that would fund paving projects and road repairs in Rocky Hill, Wethersfield and Newington. READ MORE
November 17, 2009
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD FORUM ON BUSWAY,
NEW HAVEN-TO-SPRINGFIELD RAIL
Committee will hear from DOT, Capitol Region Council of Governments
The Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee—co-chaired by Senator Donald DeFronzo (D-New Britain) and Representative Antonio Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill)—will convene an informational forum on Thursday, November 19, 2009, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Room 1E of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
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November 12, 2009
REP. GUERRERA RECOGNIZED BY STATE AUTO DEALERS
State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington) was honored recently by a major Connecticut trade association for his efforts to enact important legislation this year to protect local retail automotive dealers’ contracts with major automotive manufacturers. READ MORE
October 20, 2009
SEN. DEFRONZO, REP. GUERRERA RECOGNIZED BY AARP
FOR DIAL-A-RIDE ADVOCACY
Worked to preserve state matching grant program
Southington - During this year’s legislative session and despite staggering budget deficits, state Senator Donald DeFronzo (D-New Britain) and Representative Antonio Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill), co-chairs of the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee, advocated for the preservation of a state matching grant program that provides funding to municipalities for Dial-a-Ride services. READ MORE
September 8, 2009
SUNDAY DEBATE: THE NEW STATE BUDGET THE WORKING CLASS IS HELPED WHILE BUDGET CUTS ARE MADE
The working class is helped and critical programs saved
"Labor creates wealth" was a cry heard by our forebears who marched in New York City in 1882 where the first Labor Day parade began. The Democratic majority in the Connecticut General Assembly recognized this when we passed the state budget last week, alone, without the governor's signature. READ MORE
August 20, 2009
LEGISLATORS: STATE SLOW ON STIMULUS FUNDSState legislators grilled officials from Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration Wednesday on the pace at which Connecticut has spent its share of the federal government's $787 billion economic stimulus package.
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August 19, 2009
SOME LAWMAKERS SAY STIMULUS ACT "A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT"
Lawmakers are not happy with the way the federal stimulus money is flowing into Connecticut for transportation projects, which seem to be languishing at the height of the summer construction season. READ MORE
April 15, 2009
REP. GUERRERA ANNOUNCES STATE FUNDING
FOR VETERANS HOME
State Representative Antonio “Tony” Guerrera (D-Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield) today announced that $735,000 in state funding for the Connecticut Veterans’ Home in Rocky Hill is expected to be approved by the State Bond Commission. The grant will finance the design work for renovations to the Commissary as well as West and East Domicile buildings. READ MORE
January 27, 2009
REP. GUERRERA SEEKS ECONOMIC STIMULUS
THROUGH TOLLS
State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington), House Chair of the Transportation Committee, is pushing legislation to allow the state to install tolls on I-95, I-91 and I-84 as part of the state’s economic stimulus package. Rep. Guerrera would like to see tolls erected along the borders with New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island to target out-of-state drivers using Connecticut roads. READ MORE
January 26, 2009
REP. GUERRERA PURSUES FUNDING FOR TOWNS
State Representative Tony Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington) has authored legislation to redirect a portion of the state’s tax on hotel and motel stays to municipalities. The bill would generate municipal revenue while not adding to the burden of local taxpayers (HB 5343). READ MORE
January 21, 2009
REP. GUERRERA WANTS NEWBORNS SCREENED
FOR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
State Representative Antonio "Tony" Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington) proposed today that the General Assembly adopt legislation to require screening of newborns for Krabbe leukodystrophy, a degenerative neurological disorder that disables the protective membrane around nerve fibers. READ MORE |
