Maria Horn

As we sprint headlong into our committee deadlines, most of which expire next week, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to negotiate specific bill language in order to maximize support for them.

We were in session today, voting as usual from our offices in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.  The matters before us all had urgency from a timing perspective.

Spring is peeking out at us this week, beckoning us all outside, and there was also news in the last few days suggesting that indoor gatherings, particularly for those who have been vaccinated, are becoming safer, as the CDC has suggested

I hope you are all getting a chance to get outside in the beautiful weather today and expected later this week.  Maybe your doctor even prescribed that for you, as described in this article in the CT Mirror I came across this week -

This was a week of continued good news of lower infection rates throughout the state, and a resulting easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but also many frustrations for those trying to sign up for vaccinations they are now eligible for

In like a lion, out like a lamb. 
 
That’s supposed to be a saying about March weather, but I’m tempted to apply it more broadly right now.  While we certainly had some blustery weather last night, we’re also experiencing significant turbulence in the Northwest Corner (and, to some degree, throughout the state) trying to schedule vaccine appointments.

The House was “in session” this week, which means that we were “sitting” as a body to debate and vote on bills.  I put “sitting” in quotes because, while we were usually seated, we were not seated as a body in our traditional, and beautiful, House chamber.

The biggest piece of news this week concerns vaccine distribution.  Yesterday the Governor announced that the next group eligible, starting on March 1, will be those aged 55 to 64, as well as teachers and childcare workers.