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Himes, Esty back new rail-crossing safety measure
The recent Metro-North rail-crossing disaster at Valhalla, N.Y., has spurred a House bill that aims to help states and communities make such crossings safer. Among the bill’s five cosponsors are …
Malloy: Giuliani’s statement about Obama ‘despicable’
Gov. Dannel Malloy Friday called Rudy Giuliani’s statement that President Obama doesn’t love America “despicable,” and said the fact that Republican presidential candidates haven’t “rejected it …
Himes: Egypt “balancing on a knife’s edge’
Egypt, Rep. Jim Himes says, is “balancing on a knife’s edge.”
The Democrat from Greenwich just returned from an official visit to Egypt, Morocco and Chad last week with fellow members of the House Intelligence Committee.
…Malloy, Jindal slug it out at White House press conference
After lunching with President Obama and Vice-President Biden, the governors emerged mostly in a harmonious frame of mind _ but Louisiana Republican Bobby Jindal stirred things up when he stood at the “stakeout” outside the briefing room and ripped the Obama administration for trying to raise the federal minimum wage. …
Blumenthal seeks Metro-North safety records from Federal Railway Agency
Saying, “Riders have lost their patience with this railroad and so have I,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal has requested 10 years of Metro-North safety-inspection and enforcement records from the Federal …
Himes, Blumenthal weigh in on Obama’s NSA speech
Two Connecticut lawmakers closely involved in intelligence matters _ Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes _ had mixed reactions to President Obama’s Friday speech on the NSA and its …
Blumenthal makes another anti-gun violence speech on floor, memorializing New Haven high school student Javier Martinez
Sen. Richard Blumenthal isn’t giving up the fight against gun violence. Thursday, he gave another in a series of speeches on the floor of the Senate, urging his colleagues to take action on the issue. Thursday’s speech memorialized New Haven high school senior Javier Hernandez, 18, who was shot and killed Dec. 28 as he walked from his house to a friend’s house. …
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