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Opening remarks frame State of the State as both budget address and call for inclusion
Summary
An unidentified speaker opened a State of the State–style address to "187 legislators" and Connecticut residents, saying the speech would set budget priorities, raise concerns about immigration enforcement and community safety, and highlight diversity in Norwich.
Unidentified Speaker opened the remarks to "187 legislators" and Connecticut residents, saying the address was both a State of the State and a budget speech and that it should lay out "how you get through the next year" and "what are your priorities."
The speaker acknowledged the ordinary dryness of budget talks — "a budget address is, you know, a little dull, frankly" — but said the remarks needed to connect budget choices to people’s lives. "You also have to address the times you live…
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