WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:57.1550000" NOTE recognizability:0.888 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.415 Well, the 2022 legislative session NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:01.415 --> 00:00:03.406 is in the books now and both NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:03.406 --> 00:00:05.205 parties came out today to talk about NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:05.205 --> 00:00:06.940 how the state can move forward. NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:08.584 This all is campaign season officially NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:08.584 --> 00:00:10.479 kicks off Fox 60 wins Matt Karen NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.106 joining us live at the state NOTE Confidence: 0.85884726 00:00:12.106 --> 00:00:13.470 Capitol with more. Hi, Matt. NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:16.410 --> 00:00:18.310 Hi guys, the 2022 legislative NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:18.310 --> 00:00:20.590 session can be summed up in NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:20.663 --> 00:00:21.788 one word unique. NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:21.790 --> 00:00:24.278 It was half open to the public and NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:24.278 --> 00:00:26.770 then also half closed due to COVID NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:26.770 --> 00:00:29.577 and during the final hours it also NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:29.577 --> 00:00:31.907 ended quite strangely when Governor NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:31.907 --> 00:00:34.364 Lamont broke tradition deciding not NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:34.364 --> 00:00:36.999 to address the General Assembly NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:36.999 --> 00:00:39.140 following the midnight gavel. NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:41.150 With the legislative session wrapped up, NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:41.150 --> 00:00:42.490 Governor Lamont turns his NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:42.490 --> 00:00:44.166 focus to the campaign trail. NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:44.166 --> 00:00:46.850 There'll be a lot more back and forth, NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:46.850 --> 00:00:48.860 but not before touting legislative successes. NOTE Confidence: 0.9128817 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:51.540 A balanced on time budget with historic tax NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:00:51.540 --> 00:00:54.108 cuts and Susan and I are looking down NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:00:54.108 --> 00:00:56.900 the barrel of a $3.8 billion deficit. But NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:58.910 now, with a $4.8 billion surplus, NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:00:58.910 --> 00:01:00.580 Republicans say Democrats have gone NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:01:00.580 --> 00:01:02.590 on a shopping spree, creating a NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:01:02.590 --> 00:01:04.600 potential Cliff in our future years. NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:01:04.600 --> 00:01:05.608 They accused Democrats NOTE Confidence: 0.87975067 00:01:05.610 --> 00:01:08.960 of trying to have their cake and eat it, too. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:10.988 I mean, they could tell that NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:10.988 --> 00:01:12.550 it's a historic tax cut. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:12.550 --> 00:01:14.410 It was preceded by historic tax NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:14.410 --> 00:01:16.204 increases. The Democrats went on to NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:16.204 --> 00:01:18.130 hail their $30 million investment in NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:18.130 --> 00:01:20.412 mental health. That means we're gonna have NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:20.412 --> 00:01:22.468 mobile crisis fans with a therapist in NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:22.470 --> 00:01:24.950 there, ready to go and increased funding for NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:26.190 childcare. We know what NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:27.740 that means to the kids. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:27.740 --> 00:01:29.910 What that means to you know, single NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:29.910 --> 00:01:33.010 moms, and in the wake of a possible Roe V. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:33.010 --> 00:01:34.166 Wade Appeal, they acknowledged NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:34.166 --> 00:01:35.611 consideration is now being given NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:35.611 --> 00:01:37.347 to a state constitutional amendment NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:37.350 --> 00:01:39.150 to protect abortion. Our legislature. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:39.150 --> 00:01:41.992 Has taken action to protect health care NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:41.992 --> 00:01:44.468 providers and also to protect women. NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:44.470 --> 00:01:45.286 Republicans, meanwhile, NOTE Confidence: 0.87198246 00:01:45.286 --> 00:01:47.326 are still talking crime even NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:47.330 --> 00:01:48.554 after passing bipartisan NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:48.554 --> 00:01:50.190 juvenile justice reform. Yes, NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:50.190 --> 00:01:52.650 we've got some reforms, but they're NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:55.914 all dealing with the symptoms of crime crime. NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.368 Not looking at the root cause, NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:01:58.370 --> 00:02:00.830 both parties leaving us with some NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:02:00.830 --> 00:02:03.581 parting thoughts as the curtain closes on NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:02:03.581 --> 00:02:06.548 the 2022 legislative session. I think a NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:02:06.550 --> 00:02:09.480 lot of people. Appreciate NOTE Confidence: 0.8901295 00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:11.430 that the state is turning NOTE Confidence: 0.9001471 00:02:11.430 --> 00:02:13.770 a corner. Did we get accountability? NOTE Confidence: 0.9001471 00:02:13.770 --> 00:02:15.330 Did we get affordability? NOTE Confidence: 0.9001471 00:02:15.330 --> 00:02:17.670 Did we get a safer Connecticut? NOTE Confidence: 0.9001471 00:02:17.670 --> 00:02:19.620 Unfortunately the answer is no. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:23.100 --> 00:02:25.126 Other notable moments of the NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:25.126 --> 00:02:26.722 2022 session included passing NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:26.722 --> 00:02:28.250 some environmental legislation, NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:28.250 --> 00:02:29.962 various changes to the NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:29.962 --> 00:02:31.674 state's new marijuana laws, NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:33.830 as well as making Juneteenth. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:33.830 --> 00:02:35.970 A state holiday. Still, though, NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:35.970 --> 00:02:39.309 hundreds of other bills ended up dying NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:39.309 --> 00:02:43.259 before they even got a chance to be voted on, NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:43.260 --> 00:02:45.966 including a bill that was touted NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:45.966 --> 00:02:48.260 by Connecticut 4th graders that NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:48.260 --> 00:02:50.684 wanted to make the Lollipop the. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:50.690 --> 00:02:51.809 Official state candy. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:51.809 --> 00:02:53.674 We're live here at the NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:53.674 --> 00:02:55.230 Capitol complex in Hartford. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020895 00:02:55.230 --> 00:02:57.155 Matt Karen Fox 61 news.