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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE CAPITOL

REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTIE M. CARPINO HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS CHAIR THIRTY-SECOND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

MEMBER LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM 4200 GOVERNMENT ADMINSTRATION AND ELECTIONS HARTFORD, CT 06106-1591 COMMITTEE JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT CAPITOL: (860) 240-8700 PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE TOLL FREE: (800) 842-1423 REGULATION REVIEW COMMITTEE Christie .Carpino @housegop.ct.gov

January 27, 2021

Senator Representative Matt Ritter President Pro Tempore Speaker of the House of Representatives Legislative Office Building, Room 3300 Legislative Office Building, Room 4106 Hartford, CT 06106-1591 Hartford, CT 06106-1591

Senator Representative Jason Rojas Senate Majority Leader House Majority Leader Legislative Office Building, Room 3300 Legislative Office Building, Room 4100 Hartford, CT 06106-1591 Hartford, CT 06106-1591

Senator Mary Daugherty Abrams Representative Jonathan Steinberg Legislative Office Building, Room 3000 Legislative Office Building, Room 3004 Hartford, CT 06106-1591 Hartford, CT 06106-1591

Dear Senator Looney, Speaker Ritter, Senator Duff, Representative Rojas, Senator Daugherty Abrams, and Representative Steinberg:

I understand you are in receipt of the Governor's new and renewed Declarations of Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergencies. As a legislator who feels strongly that these declarations and the issues pertaining to these declarations merit a discussion in public, I urge you as leaders of the Public Health Emergency Committee to meet, discuss and potentially vote on these declarations.

Sincerely,

Christie M. Carpino State Representative

cc: Representative William Petit, Ranking Member, Public Health Committee Senator , Co-Ranking Member, Public Health Committee Senator Heather Somers, Co-Ranking Member, Public Health Committee www.RepCarpino.com