The Bridgeport Regional Business Council recently
presented Senator Dan Debicella (R-21) with its AT&T
Regional Legislator Award. Debicella represents the
eastern suburbs of Bridgeport—Stratford, Shelton,
Monroe, and Seymour.
Senator Debicella received the award for his commitment
to job growth and his support of business, including
his efforts to expand the state’s job creation
tax credit program and his opposition to anti-jobs proposals.
“Senator Debicella, in his tenure today, has
been a strong and consistent advocate for a pro-jobs,
pro-business agenda in the halls of the legislature.
With more voices like his, our state would be in much
better shape,” said Paul S. Timpanelli, President
and CEO of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council.
Senator Debicella said he is honored to be a recipient
of the Regional Legislator Award.
“I believe small business will be the engine
that pulls us out of this recession,” said Senator
Debicella. “Connecticut government needs to create
an environment for small businesses to grow and create
jobs.”
Senator Debicella is Deputy Minority Leader, and is
the leading Republican Senator on the General Assembly’s
Appropriations Committee. He has proposed and supported
legislation to control taxes, improve transportation,
eliminate unnecessary government mandates on business,
control health care costs, and expand health care access.
Debicella’s record includes authoring landmark
2007 legislation that gives tax credits to corporations
that create ten or more jobs in Connecticut, and continuing
work to extend that to any business than creates even
one job in Connecticut. Debicella also proposed comprehensive,
market-based healthcare reform to lower healthcare costs
for the middle class. Debicella has also led opposition
to bills that would have hurt small businesses and cost
Connecticut jobs.
“The General Assembly will have many opportunities
over the next couple of years to pass laws that will
make a positive difference in the state’s ability
to recover from the recession. I will continue to support
pro-business legislation that will restore prosperity
to our state, and improve the quality of life for all
of us,” said Senator Debicella.
The Bridgeport Regional Business Council is a 1,000
member volunteer organization of businesses that work
together to create an environment for business expansion
and works to increase economic opportunity for the region
by fostering a favorable climate for business expansion,
retention and recruitment that will create jobs and
grow the tax base. Affiliates of the Bridgeport Regional
Business Council include the Stratford Chamber of Commerce.
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