Jason Rojas

Representative Jason Rojas, House chairman for the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, issued the following statement Wednesday after Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled his proposal for a two-year budget.

“I certainly appreciate Governor Lamont’s approach to putting together this budget. He certainly has given us a lot to consider. It’s a challenging budget, but it’s an honest budget and I take him at his word. I think we have a lot of opportunity to sit down and negotiate a final budget plan that’s in the best interests of Connecticut and especially the people I represent in East Hartford and Manchester. The governor’s budget level-funds municipal aid and increases Education Cost Sharing funding for both East Hartford and Manchester public schools, which is helpful to mitigating property tax increases.