Sen Freedman Quotations

They are playing to one constituency and I believe that constituency is running the state right now. I say to labor, go away. You're hurting us right now.

This is a whole group of people ignored. There is nothing ? absolutely nothing ? to assist them.

It does seem a shame that those corrections were not done at the time it passed, even though everyone went and touted it as such great legislation. I'm not happy about having to do this now when we had the bill in front of us.

Underage drinking is not only illegal, it is dangerous, and it is up to adults to do the right thing by not allowing their property be used for teen drinking parties.

Given the circumstances and given the experience CL&P has had in dealing with storms, I don't think they did as well as everyone expected. He's the chairman of the committee. I can't force a hearing, but I hope others request a hearing. Even if the utility company performed the way it should have, the public should be informed about how.

Having power outages in our state is nothing new, and Northeast Utilities' response time has gotten worse, not better.

This is the time for Connecticut to wake up and realize that zone pricing has outlived its (usefulness).

It has taken this long to find out. We are more tuned in as a society.

The reaction of Northeast Utilities, particularly the Connecticut Light & Power division, to the winter storm during the week of Jan. 15, 2006, was unconscionable.