Robert Genuario Quotations

We like a lot of the concepts in this bill. A lot of the concepts in this bill came from the governor's budget . . . We're all on the same page getting to the end result.

She made the do-no-harm call. Neither side could complain that something the other side got would hurt the state in the long run.

Obviously, this is a mistake because it is inconsistent with the governor's bill to eliminate the car tax.

I don't think it's fair to characterize this as a gimmick. This is paid for. This is not a gimmick.

If we were to adopt both of these packages, we'd be in a world of hurt in 14 months.

It is designed to be fair to municipalities, both large and small, and I believe it will do that. Candidly, the thinking was not to provide a bonus to towns. The thinking was to provide a bonus to taxpayers.

We need a Connecticut business year or a Connecticut business decade.

We've been having meaningful discussions. Frankly, there are still significant issues that separate us.

We are grateful for the bipartisan effort to craft this important legislation. There will be no additional amounts paid by taxpayers, no tax increases, no tolls. Now is not the time to increase the price of gasoline.

We've got a lot of work to do. Frankly, I think you have to scrap the appropriations package if you're going to do tax cuts. ... It just doesn't work.

What is important to the governor is that any proposal be real and balanced.

We don't think the state ought to be paying checks to folks through the income tax system when they don't pay income taxes.

We think that's the way to go. We think it would not have been wise in this particularly volatile climate to increase the gasoline tax or increase a tax that would inevitably cause a rise in gasoline prices.

It is still on the table as far as we are concerned and until we have a complete deal, it is something that we are committed to.

It's April 3. The session ends May 3. We've got a lot of work to do.

I hope the car tax is still on the table, but it would take substantial changes to the budget. The car tax proposal works because it controls spending. You can't do tax cuts if you don't control spending.

I'm trying to figure out who they said 'No' to.