HARTFORD- Rep. John E. Stripp, representing Easton, Redding and Weston voted no today on a bill that would amend our statutes anytime California’s energy efficiency laws are changed with regard to water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable spas, walk-in refrigerator & freezers.
HARTFORD – State Representative John Stripp (R-135) hailed the passage by the state House of Representatives of HB- 5138, An Act Concerning the Placement of United States Flags on the Graves of Veterans. The measure would prohibit towns, cemetery associations, or ecclesiastical societies that care for cemeteries from restricting the placement of flags on veterans’ [...]
HARTFORD—Rep. John Stripp joined House and Senate Republicans today in unveiling an alternative balanced budget that eliminates substantial tax increases proposed by Democrats while calling for concessions in health care and pension benefits from state workers that would save $662 million.
With the announcement last week by Democratic lawmakers to reduce the corporate tax credit from 70 percent to 65 percent and add a 30 percent surcharge on corporate tax profits. The Democratic Hartford lawmakers are hanging a sign on the borders saying “Don’t Do Business in Connecticut We Do Not Want Your Jobs”.
HARTFORD—The legislature’s majority ignored struggling Connecticut residents and companies Thursday by tossing aside public outcry for innovative bipartisan spending reductions in favor of tax increases that would further harm the finances of businesses and people who simply cannot afford it, Rep. John Stripp said.
