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04/30/2025
"Flashing neon sign": CT Senate GOP Statement on DSS Audit
For Immediate Release Sen. Jason Perillo, Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Stephen Harding today issued the following statement regarding the state Auditors of Public Accounts’ audit report on the Department of Social Services. (https://wp.cga.ct.gov/apa/wp-content/cgacustom/reports/Social%20Services,%20Department%20of_20250430_FY2022,2023.pdf) “Another state agency audit, and yet another flashing neon sign on how to save overburdened Connecticut taxpayers millions of dollars. What’s frustrating is that yet again, we ... “Flashing neon sign”: CT Senate GOP Statement on DSS Audit
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04/15/2025
Sens. Berthel & Perillo Stand Up for Utility Customers, Protest the Reappointment of PURA Chair Gillett
HARTFORD – State Sen. Eric Berthel (R-Watertown), ranking member of the Executive & Legislative Nominations Committee, and State Sen. Jason Perillo (R-Shelton) today stood in solidarity with the valley region’s struggling electric utility customers by joining Senate Republicans in walking out of the Senate chamber during a vote on a resolution to reappoint Public Utilities ... Sens. Berthel & Perillo Stand Up for Utility Customers, Protest the Reappointment of PURA Chair Gillett
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04/08/2025
CT Street Takeovers Crackdown Bill Advances; CT Senate GOP Applauds "Positive Step"
Sen. John A. Kissel, Sen. Jason Perillo and Sen. Stephen Harding applauded the advancement of a bill in the Judiciary Committee that would allow law enforcement to confiscate driver’s licenses or vehicles used in so-called “street takeovers” which authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances related to street takeovers and to destroy seized vehicles after 30 days. ... CT Street Takeovers Crackdown Bill Advances; CT Senate GOP Applauds “Positive Step”