Lamont: "Fix This Damn Budget, Once and for All!"

HARTFORD, CT — In his maiden address to a joint session of the House and the Senate, Gov. Ned Lamont said he didn’t want the next four years to be defined by a fiscal crisis.

“Together we will craft an honestly balanced budget which does not borrow from the future, but invests in the future,” Lamont insisted as he was sworn in as the 89th governor of Connecticut.

A three-time candidate for statewide office, Lamont defeated Republican Bob Stefanowski by 43,137 votes in the November election. Independent candidate Oz Griebel finished a distant third.

He’s inheriting a $1.7 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, which is followed by a $2.3 billion deficit if spending continues to keep pace.

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