Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What would you want Democrats to include in a Project 2029? 400
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Unlimited money for helipads and ballrooms, but no food for low income kids. Immoral and reprehensible. www.cbpp.org/blog/number-...cbpp.orgNumber of Children Receiving SNAP Continues to Drop Under Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation LawIn the 19 states with publicly available data or that have shared unpublished data, the harmful Republican reconciliation law has taken SNAP food assistance away from more than 1 million children... 000
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 17/11/2025DISTURBING - the Trump administration has announced cuts that will put 6500 formerly homeless people onto Connecticut streets. 031
Reposted by Matt LesserCT River Huddle Indivisible @ctriverhuddle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Thank you @mattlesser.bsky.social for addressing the need to fund SNAP and address affordable healthcare. We have the money in CT and must take care of each other as federal funding is cruelly cut. #SpecialSession2025 CT-N.com 121
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 07/11/2025The President should address the American people and apologize for illegally shutting down the SNAP program, cutting off food from 40+ million Americans. Instead, he had a deputy assistant Secretary of Agriculture write a letter to states saying "oops!" 110
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Reading about voting to kids in Cromwell... where we held a mock election and 🧁 won over 🍦! Grownups can vote in every town in Connecticut until 8pm tonight! 030
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Somehow we have unlimited money to bail out the government of Argentina while the feds are cutting food for low-income US veterans. Hundreds of thousands of Connecticut families are at-risk of losing their food assistance thanks to the cruel & reckless approach of the Trump Administration. 131
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 09/10/2025“I want to make sure the constitutional rights of everyone in Connecticut including U.S. citizens are protected,” [Lesser] said. “The federal government has a responsibility to enforce immigration laws. I respect that. I am concerned about overreach and infringement of constitutional rights.” 🧵 142
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The President and the Republicans are shutting down the federal government for one reason only - to raise health insurance premiums on American families. Don't let them do it! 021
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Angry about an Administration that believes they have the power to fire comedians who they don't like? Well Connecticut has the power to fight back. 012
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I am asking Attorney General Tong to review the proposed merger of Nexstar and Tegna, reducing consumer access to news & public event programming in the Hartford-New Haven media market. Nexstar gained national notoriety this week for its role in forcing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. 2112
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 23/08/2025This is the dumbest decision I can think of. The project is 80% completed - stopping it now just deprives Connecticut residents of clean, affordable electric power and devastates our building trades and our economy for zero reason. The President may hate wind mills but he needs to get over it. 010
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Hey, since Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott started this important national conversation, what do folks think about this possible map of Connecticut State Senate Districts? It's more compact than our current map and it respects town boundaries and communities of interest. 130
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Connecticut hospitals have received these subpoenas, a disgusting and illegal intrusion into the privacy of Connecticut families. 142
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Tonight ICE deleted their defamatory tweet about Rep. Paris, who they falsely claimed had doxed their agents, subjecting him and his family to violent threats. But the underlying problem remains.... 231
Reposted by Matt LesserAFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Happening now: #AFTCT VP John Brady & labor siblings join Rep Larson, st Sen @mattlesser.bsky.social to denounce #SocialSecurity cuts, rally to demand #RetirementSecurity. @aft.org @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ctsenatedems.bsky.social 101
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Our prescription drug law is making waves, covered in today's Hartford Courant. 100
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Thank you Office of Governor Ned Lamont for signing our bipartisan prescription drug task force law today! It's the most aggressive law any state has ever passed on drug pricing and affordability! Connecticut is leading the nation! 🧵 372
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 24/07/2025This morning I wrote a letter to CT Children's CEO Jim Shmerling expressing serious concerns about enacting a discriminatory policy that cow-tows to Donald Trump and jeopardizes the safety of transgender youth in my district. 142
Reposted by Matt LesserConnecticut Senate Democrats @ctsenatedems.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Here in Connecticut, we're working to ensure everyone has access to the mental health care they deserve. Senators @mattlesser.bsky.social and Cabrera were proud to join Governor Lamont and advocates on Thursday for a bill signing to strengthen mental health parity in our state. 066
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 10/07/2025So this is out of the box: Governor Lamont has signed my proposal to have Connecticut partner with a generic drug manufacturer to manufacture our own Ozempic. Taxpayers are spending $150 million a year on that one drug - it's not affordable! 122
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 10/07/2025So this is out of the box: Governor Lamont has signed my proposal to have Connecticut partner with a generic drug manufacturer to manufacture our own Ozempic. Taxpayers are spending $150 million a year on that one drug - it's not affordable! 111
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 10/07/2025So this is out of the box: Governor Lamont has signed my proposal to have Connecticut partner with a generic drug manufacturer to manufacture our own Ozempic. Taxpayers are spending $150 million a year on that one drug - it's not affordable! 100
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I am thrilled to lead Connecticut's bipartisan drug task force - that has now led to passage of a massive prescription drug reform package that will save you real money, and help the state save tax dollars as well. 110
Reposted by Matt LesserConnecticut AFL-CIO @ctaflcio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Day 5 of the IAM Union strike at Pratt! Rep. Rosa DeLauro walked the line with Senator Matt Lesser in Middletown! Members are fired up - One day longer, one day stronger! @delauro.house.gov 033
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Connecticut has long been a cash cow for the federal government. But now the federal administration is threatening to withhold funds we are legally entitled to - in defiance of court orders. If they do, we should return the favor and stop collecting money for the feds. 1020448
Reposted by Matt LesserJennifer Berigan @ctunionista.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Thank you @mattlesser.bsky.social and the Middletown delegation foe standing with @machinistsunion.bsky.social Locals 700 and 1746 as they fight for a fair contract at Pratt & Whitney. 042
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 27/04/2025A big thank you to Newington Children's Theater Company for giving me a "Newingtony Award" for my role in securing $300,000 of funding for their new permanent home along with Rep. Turco and Rep. Farrar. 061
Reposted by Matt LesserJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk. 1365220088996
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Dr. Lisa Anderson, one of my constituents and a doctor in Cromwell, CT has received an email from federal authorities ordering her to leave the country immediately, according to recent news reports. The email reads, "It is time for you to leave the United States." 393
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 15/04/2025It's Tax Day and in Connecticut there's a new checkbox on your tax form that could help you save a bunch of 💰 on your health insurance! 042
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I was in my 20s when I was diagnosed with cancer —the idea that young men don't need health insurance is offensive and ridiculous 075
Reposted by Matt LesserCT Veterans Legal Center @ctveteranslegal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025"Not one person who’s had a complaint about the VA had said the problem with the VA is that it is overstaffed. Not one person ever said that..." - Sen. Lesser (@mattlesser.bsky.social) Thank you to @delauro.house.gov + Gov Lamont for bringing us together to fight back against proposed VA cuts.ctmirror.orgCT vets say Trump's planned VA cuts will create backlogs — againThe Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 jobs in the Veterans Administration, and CT veterans, politicians and advocates are pushing back. 045
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 14/04/2025My opinion piece in the Hartford Courant. Don't cry for me Argentina... www.courant.com/2025/04/12/c... 021
Reposted by Matt LesserKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025“I have a very simple message for Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and JD Vance: We’re not going anywhere.” — Connecticut State Sen. Matt Lesser Keep it loud. 🇺🇸🔥💪👊 #CTPolitics #Connecticut #HandsOff #CT #NutmegSky 527541
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The first part of my remarks from #HandsOff2025 in #Hartford 0276
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A few people showed up at my office yesterday #HandsOff Hartford 1868
Reposted by Matt LesserTerry C 😎VetsForDemocracy ⚓️🇺🇸 @gigpresto.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The view from the Capitol in Hartford. (Photo credit to CT State Senator Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social) #HandsOff 0124
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Hundreds of Ukrainians and Ukrainian Americans gather at the Connecticut State Capitol on the third anniversary of the full scale invasion to stand with Ukraine's struggle tor freedom - and against Elon Musk and Donald Trump stabbing our ally in the back. 190
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 15/02/2025It's literally called the National Nuclear Security Administration. Who could have guessed what they do? 😬😬😬 030
Reposted by Matt LesserChris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 14/01/2025"What we are up against are the fiscal constraints, and we have to decide whether or not those are going to remain in place. If they are, then that's going to create a real challenge," said state Sen. Matt Lesser. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-01... #NutmegSkyctpublic.orgHomeless advocates ask state for more than $30MConnecticut lawmakers and homeless advocates are asking the state legislature to guarantee annual funding of nearly $25 million for homeless services. 042
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 06/02/2025He's going to break Medicare and Medicaid. www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comExclusive | White House Preparing Order to Cut Thousands of Federal Health WorkersThe executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans, according to people familiar with the matter. 020
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 02/02/2025President Trump has announced that he is imposing taxes on energy imported from Canada. What does this mean for Connecticut? Sharply higher electric prices which we will feel immediately. The New England electric grid currently gets 10%-12% of its energy from Quebec. 263
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The President is threatening to impound massive amounts of federal funding for states in violation of the law and the US Constitution. As Senate chair of the Human Services committee I can say that we are monitoring the situation closely here in Connecticut. 021
Matt Lesser @mattlesser.bsky.social · 27/12/2024If NYC can do universal pre-K why can't Connecticut? 4141
