Brendan Sharkey
At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 2702
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585 | 1-800-842-8267
Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov
In the District:
1643 Ella Grasso Blvd
New Haven, CT 06511

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Welcome

Consider my website your portal to information and services spread across the Web. Here you will find links, news and information about services from both the state and private providers.

As House Chair of the Appropriations Committee, I am committed to improving the state's safety net and funding initiatives that spur job creation and economic growth to improve the lives of hard working families in Connecticut and in my hometown of New Haven.

I hope you will keep in contact, by email, phone or in the district, as we work to make Connecticut a better place to live, work and do business.

Current News & Issues

September 28, 2011
REP. WALKER INVITES RESIDENTS TO OPEN OFFICE HOURS
State Representative Toni Walker will meet with constituents on the third Tuesday of each month through December during open office hours to discuss issues affecting the 93rd Assembly District. READ MORE


May 11, 2011
REP. WALKER PUSHES QUALITY EDUCATION
Rep. Toni Walker, House Chair of Appropriations Committee, today met with Mothers for Justice and other education and social services advocates at the State Capitol to discuss improving access to quality education. READ MORE


BALANCED BUDGET
May 5, 2011
TOUGH BUT FAIR BUDGET YIELDS ADDITIONAL STATE DOLLARS FOR NEW HAVEN
New Haven will receive millions in state aid above what it received last year in the new state budget supported by Democrats in the legislature and signed by the governor. READ MORE


BALANCED BUDGET
April 21, 2011
RESPONSIBLE, REALISTIC BUDGET APPROVED BY COMMITTEE
Rep. Toni Walker (D-New Haven) and State Senator Toni N. Harp (D-New Haven), co-chairs of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, hailed their committee's work on the state spending plan. READ MORE


March 15, 2011
MEDICAL MARIJUANA WOULD EASE PATIENT SUFFERING
Rep. Toni Walker reacts to the heartbreaking and empowering stories told by people with serious diseases who have used marijuana to ease their symptoms. Legislation to allow the use of marijuana by people with debilitating medical conditions was the subject of a Judiciary Committee public hearing.

Healthcare Reform
February 8, 2011
BETTER CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS, COST SAVINGS FOR STATE
Says CT Now Has Executive Leadership That Will Help Achieve Health Care Goals
House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan today said health care initiatives announced by Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman “do exactly what Democrats in the legislature have attempted for years – putting health care management in the right hands (primary care doctors) and achieving significant cost savings for the state – perhaps as much as $75 million.” READ MORE

SNAP
January 31, 2011
WALKER MAKES CASE FOR SNAP
Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, asked the Office of Legislative Research how the state can do a better job of expanding services to families in need, especially those that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. READ MORE

Progress is Always Possible
January 19, 2011
PROGRESS IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
Connecticut will never be the economic powerhouse it can and should be so long as we spend more money on incarceration than we do on higher education. We are literally investing in failure. READ MORE

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