Financial Advice for Teens
HARTFORD — High school students from throughout the state were at the Capitol today for the Financial Reality Fair, an event put on by the Connecticut credit union community to help young people develop a sense of financial literacy. Rep. Christopher Coutu, who works in the financial services sector, stopped by the fair and told [...]
Coutu, Urban Talk State Finances in Opinion Pieces
Check out these opinion pieces and their introduction published Nov. 1 in The Day. The newspaper invited state Reps. Christopher Coutu and Diana Urban to contribute their thoughts about the 2009 legislative session, which saw lawmakers tackle the most significant budget deficit in Connecticut history. Facing massive deficit projections, the past General Assembly session [...]
Coutu Talks State Finances with College Students
Rep. Christopher Coutu spoke to a group of Eastern Connecticut State University students tonight about the state budget. The students, about 25 of them, study accounting and finance at the Willimantic-based school. Coutu spoke for roughly 30 minutes inside the school’s library, focusing on the state’s ever-increasing spending levels and its growing rate of debt. [...]
Coutu: State Legislators should Rein in Government Spending
NORWICH — The state has a spending problem. That was the primary message from Rep. Christopher Coutu tonight as he hosted a forum here about the state’s budget woes. Thirty or so people came to the event at City Hall, where Coutu was joined by Rep. Vin Candelora, ranking member of the legislature’s Finance, Revenue [...]
Jobs, Taxes, Healthcare and…Summer
SPRAGUE — Rep. Christopher Coutu took in a summer concert here and caught up with a few friends from high school, many of them anxious to talk about his experiences at the Capitol and, more important, about jobs and taxes. Coutu obliged, just as he did during a trip to the Lebanon Fair a few [...]
Coutu on the Radio
Government can’t sustain it’s current level speding. That was the message from Rep. Christopher Coutu today during his guest spot on Stu Bryer’s radio show broadcast on 1310 WICH. Coutu, who represents four eastern Connecticut communities, fielded calls over the course of his hour-and-a-half spot with most of them about the state’s budget crisis. Coutu [...]
Coutu: Legislature Must Consider Long-Term Impact of its Decisions
Over the past six months I have worked hard to challenge the “business-as-usual” and “tax-and-spend” ideologies in Hartford. Recently, the majority party adopted $2.25 billion in new taxes. Gov. Rell has since vetoed it. A few months earlier, they had proposed $3.3 billion in new taxes. I consider this unacceptable, as it will result in [...]
Coutu: Legislature Should Get to Work on Budget Problems
HARTFORD — The legislature’s majority party has been busy lately touring different parts of the state criticizing Gov. Rell’s plans to make cuts that would help close the state’s budget shortfall, but Rep. Christopher Coutu believes their time would be better spent at the Capitol working on solutions. NBC 30 reporter Tom Monahan interviewed Coutu [...]
