Gov. Ned Lamont said the state’s allocation of funds to offset some of the federal government’s cuts to social programs is ‘Connecticut common sense.’

By Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie.com

Gov. Ned Lamont delivered a commonsense State of the State Address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly.

Drawing from Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlets, Common Sense, and The American Crisis, Lamont delivered a 40-minute speech with few surprises, and a handful of controversial moments.

“Masked federal agents have descended on Minneapolis, terrorizing communities, tearing families apart,” he said. “Two young Americans – a mom and an ICU nurse – shot dead. Some of our folks worry that another government shutdown and sudden federal cuts will mean no dinner tonight, no roof over their head, too expensive to take care of a sick child. These are times that try men’s souls.”

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