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Ned Lamont: “Connecticut has the best police force around, great state…”

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Gov. Lamont talks big issues facing Connecticut | Face More Facts with Mike and Mike

Published February 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 20:15

Earlier, an ICE official had stuck his gun into a window of a car and shot a young mother twice in the head. So I felt pretty strongly that Connecticut has the best police force around, great state police, very low crime rate. We're doing pretty well, and I don't need ICE going into our Schools or hospitals or courthouses. They don't do it very often, by the way. Let's not exaggerate this. (20:15–20:21)

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Asserts that Connecticut has an excellent police force and a very low crime rate.

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“We lost 25% of our revenues in less than a year [in 08-09].”
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“We've got the hydropower coming down from Quebec that turned on just in the last few months.”
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“Today the price of natural gas is like today, you know, maybe 70 cents a kilowatt hour. And I'm paying 5 cents on, you know, our guarantees.”
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“There have been maybe one prosecution in five years under [the police accountability bill].”
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“The average homeowner, the value of their house is up 40 or 50% the last five years.”
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“Some hospitals charge 50, 60, 70% more than other hospitals [in Connecticut].”
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“We've done a lot in terms of stabilize our finances, cut taxes for people, make sure education's more affordable, big investment in…”
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“A lot of [the Covid era relief funding] ended up looking like deficits a few years later when that short term money ran out.”
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“I like to make sure that we fund things with a revenue stream we know we can count on, not just this year, but next year.”
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“We've increased investments every year.”
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“The three years, five years before I got here, they held not for profits, flat muni aid and education and you know, we've been able to…”
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“I want a 4,500 million dollars one time rebate because we have very strong capital gains.”
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“At least the roads and bridges are paid for by the gas tax.”
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“The transportation fund was running on fumes seven years ago.”
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“We still are in very good shape, Mike, but not as good as we were before because that infrastructure bill is billions of dollars.”
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“We're working hard to extend that agreement for nuclear power, which goes till 2029, for another 10 or even 15 years.”
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“Williams is the main pipeline company.”
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“Legislature back, I think was 2017 said ECS education cost sharing. Let's have an eight-year plan for it.”
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“We increase funding every year under that ECS formula.”
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“I've called for the commission.”
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“Maybe the state should pick up special ed, because that's a big hit for especially even our small towns.”
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“I don't need ICE going into our Schools or hospitals or courthouses.”
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“The police accountability bill is generally showing that our cops are doing the right thing.”
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“We're going to provide [police officers] mortgage support and lower their interest rate.”
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“The price of housing is going down [in the rest of the country]. That's not true in Connecticut.”
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“For the first time in a long time, our cities are growing.”
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“I can do as a governor is make it a little easier for people to be able to afford to own their first home in the state.”
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“I'll give you relief against 830G.”
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“We take [corruption] seriously. And I wish they felt half as strongly about the Qataris giving the president a jet airplane or $500 million…”
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“We had a terrible reputation going back 20 years ago under a governor and a treasurer and mayors that really hurt our state.”
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“I am a little squishy with these earmarks coming out of the legislature as well, and I like things to go through a normal hearing process.”
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“The federal government did throw a hell of a lot of money at the states going back during COVID.”
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“Most of [the Covid era relief funding] went directly to cities.”
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“We'll do something with no deductibles, no co pays. It'll save you a lot of money if you go to a network of lower priced, high value…”
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“UConn Health will be at the heart of [the proposed network of lower priced, high value hospitals].”
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