2014 Connecticut Governor's race: on Energy & Oil

Tom Foley: No gas tax increase to pay for rail transport

"It was a historic investment in our transportation infrastructure," McKinney said. "And for someone from Fairfield County like Tom to be opposed to new rail cars, fixing a rail line, improving mass transportation, fixing bridges--after even President Obama has condemned the Malloy administration's practices on our roads and bridges--it is shocking to me."

Foley ignored the gibe about transportation and repeated his criticism of McKinney for supporting higher gasoline taxes--too much of which was spent for goods and services other than transportation. He said the deal was the approach of an insider, the word he uses brand McKinney and Malloy as two of a kind.

Dan Malloy: Moving Canadian oil thru the US is not best for the economy

Gov. Dannel Malloy (D, CT) chimed in to clarify--and to chastise a bit. "Until a few moments ago we were going down a pretty cooperative road," he said to some nervous laughs from some in the crowd. "So let me just say that we don't all agree that moving Canadian oil through the United States is necessarily the best thing for the United States economy."

Many of those who attended the NGA conference, Malloy added, support raising the minimum wage and other priorities that Obama laid out.