Former Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Children Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Accountability, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Collective Bargaining, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Legislative, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Member, Middlesex Chamber of Commerce Revitalization Commission, 2008

Member, Finance Sub-Committee, Board of Education, 2000-2006

Member, Nathan Hale Ray 4-8 School Building Committee, 2003-2006

Member, Transportation Sub-Committees, Board of Education, 2000-2006

Member, Policy Sub-Committee, Board of Education, 2000-2004

Favorite Quote:

"In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed." Abraham Lincoln 1858

"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it." Milton Friedman

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Henry Ford

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money". Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program". Milton Friedman

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill

— Pets (include names):

• Dogs: Duke, Daisy