Issue Position: Providing for Our Seniors

Issue Position

Senior citizens, who make up 16.8% of Connecticut's residents, play a vital role in our communities. For all that they have given us, we must fight for them by protecting their access to housing and healthcare. If elected, I will combat cuts to senior programs and reduce social security income taxes.

All of my grandparents live in Connecticut. I firmly believe in honoring our roots both as individuals and as a state. After years of hard work and dedication to our community, seniors deserve an elected official who will wholeheartedly advocate for their needs in the state senate .

As your state senator, I will:

Oppose reckless cuts to the programs that help senior citizens live comfortably in Connecticut.

Support erasing the tax on social security income to ensure that seniors receive the full benefits to which they are entitled.

Maintain and bolster programs such as the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), which provides fuel assistance for seniors during the winter.

Ensure that Connecticut steps up to the plate and protects seniors if Donald Trump cuts funding for the Older Americans Act. This reckless cut would devastate the 23,526 seniors in Connecticut who rely upon Meals on Wheels.

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