Republicans Cry Foul Over Public Hearing Time Limit as Committees Debate Vaccine, Homeschooling Bills
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State Sen. Heather Somers speaks to the media following a vote to end a Public Health Committee hearing shortly after midnight on March 11, 2026. Photo credit: Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie
The vote to limit the length of the public hearing passed 18-11 along party lines.
By Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie.com
Legislative Republicans turned a public hearing time limit into a campaign event Wednesday, as party leaders repeatedly urged enthusiastic supporters to send more Republicans to Hartford in November.
“No elected official that cast a vote today to silence your voices deserves to be reelected ever again,” Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding of Brookfield declared following a procedural vote in the Public Health Committee to end a public hearing on a pair of bills establishing vaccination standards shortly after midnight. “November can’t come soon enough.”
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