Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, and Government Oversight Committee Ranking Members Sen. Rob Sampson and Rep. Devin Carney issued the following statement today regarding a Jan. 30 state auditors report on Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Executive Leadership Spending:
“We thank our state’s bipartisan fiscal watchdogs for acting on this request for an in-depth review.
The extravagant spending was tone deaf and troubling when we learned of it in a CT Insider Investigation back in October.
We now have a more detailed look at the spending abuses and procedural failures within the CSCU system which have been a black eye for the State of Connecticut.
What it reveals is a lack of respect for students, parents, staff, and taxpayers alike.
It reveals arrogance.
And it should be a focus of the legislature’s newly created Government Oversight Committee.
Republicans have called for the termination of Chancellor Terrence Cheng’s employment.
The governor doesn’t feel the same way.
Let’s now hear what the residents of Connecticut have to say about this. We need a public forum. That forum will generate reforms.”
Posted on May 1, 2025
HARTFORD —House Republicans on Thursday released their “Reality Check Budget” — a responsible, common-sense plan that directly addresses the fiscal challenges within household budgets and state government. In contrast to legislative Democrats’ unchecked spending, the Reality Check Budget honors the fiscal guardrails and protects Connecticut’s long-term fiscal health while reducing the size and cost of […]
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Posted on April 24, 2025
HARTFORD—House Republican Leader Vincent Candelora and Senate Republican Leader Stephen Harding on Thursday urged Attorney General William Tong to investigate possible civil rights violations at Yale University, where pro-Palestinian protesters allegedly blocked Jewish students from accessing Beinecke Plaza and directed insults at them. “Attorney General Tong has repeatedly positioned himself as a champion of civil […]
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