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Norwich Republican Town Committee Endorses Coutu

By Chris Coutu, on Jan 24, 2012

NORWICH, CT – Jan. 19, 2012 – State Rep. Chris Coutu, Republican candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 2nd District, announced today that the Norwich Republican Town Committee (RTC) has endorsed his campaign.  The Norwich RTC is the second town committee to endorse in the 2nd District.  Coutu has already been endorsed by the Hebron RTC.

Norwich RTC Chairman Ray Dussault announced the endorsement, "Chris Coutu is working very hard to get his message out and has demonstrated the willingness to earn the respect of the voters by taking a hard stand against wasteful corporate bailouts, government sponsored taxpayer investments, and this administration’s efforts to undermine and weaken our United States Armed Forces. Connecticut needs a conservative Representative who has the courage to speak up and speak out - Chris Coutu is that man."

Coutu Slams Two Storm Panel for Global Warming Politics

By Chris Coutu, on Jan 10, 2012

 From the Hartford Courant, Jan. 9, 2012

A Republican state representative says the panel that reviewed the state's emergency preparedness and response is playing politics because it addresses the impact of climate change. 

 Chris Coutu, who is running for Congress in the 2nd District, said the Two Storm Panel strayed "far from its non-political mission and into the political minefield of global warming."

“The “Two Storm Panel” had a simple, non-political task: determining how Connecticut can better prepare for and respond to major storms.  Instead of simply focusing on solutions, the panel veered into politics with its recommendations for global warming,” Coutu said in a press release issued a few hours after the panel released its report.

“Sometimes government needs to be about simple solutions, not politics.  That’s what we needed from the storm panel, but the panel was blown off course into politics,'' added Coutu, who is from Norwich.

Coutu Joins Workers Standing Up Against the SEIU

By Chris Coutu, on Jan 9, 2012

The SEIU is once again bullying anyway who stands in its way, refusing to allow workers a vote seeking new representation.  Last month I joined 80 workers who want out of the SEIU protesting outside of state offices in Wethersfield.  From the New Haven Register:

WETHERSFIELD — A vote on union representation before 2015 for some 6,000 state workers is in the balance as both sides on the issue offered legal arguments Monday before the state Board of Labor Relations — a matter that has been pending since August.

Why We Fight

By Chris Coutu, on Dec 30, 2011

As I look back over the past few years I recognize that we have a lot to fight for.

Just four years ago my wife and I completed her six-year quest to earn citizenship legally. During that process, you quickly begin to appreciate the privileges American citizens take for granted when you watch your wife sitting at home without a driver’s license, unable to visit her family overseas because of travel restrictions, and waiting until the paperwork is completed before she can find a job.

imageBeing an American citizen is a wonderful thing and it is was worth all the work. Now after 17 years in the military it is clear to me why so many have given the ultimate sacrifice to protect our rights and privileges.

Last New Year’s Eve, my wife and I sat outside a hospital surgery ward waiting as doctors performed open heart surgery on our three-day old daughter, Alexandria Grace.  I remember a little clock that would slowly go through the minutes. Each day afterward, my wife and I would have a little birthday song for Alexandria, our seven-pound inspiration, who was fighting for her life.

On New Year's of 2011, I made a commitment to do whatever I could to make sure Alexandria and other children would have as much opportunity as Americans have had in past generations. 

I'm Proud to be the One

By Chris Coutu, on Dec 28, 2011

From the New London Day, Nov. 13, 2011

On Oct. 26 the Connecticut General Assembly held a special legislative session that cost our taxpayers a total of $1.5 billion in mostly borrowed money. In so doing the legislature passed what it called a "jobs bill." One member of the House of Representative voted against it - me.

My opposition was based on the simple philosophy that we should not raise taxes on each and every Connecticut family by $800 a year to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to a few private companies.