State of Connecticut Archives: on Technology

Bob Stefanowski: Modernize infrastructure using public-private partnerships

Chris Murphy: Invest in local infrastructure & stronger Buy American laws

Bysiewicz proposed closing tax loopholes that encourage companies to set up shop overseas and making changes to NAFTA. She also advocated for more federal funding for scientific research and development. "It's that kind of investment that can help create jobs, and something that the federal government has not been doing, and should," Bysiewicz said.

Murphy proposed stronger "Buy American" laws, which would have the federal government buy more U.S.-made products. He also pitched in repairs to roads and rail lines, which he said would not only create construction jobs but also improve the local economy in general. "If you want to bring jobs to Connecticut, you have to focus on infrastructure," Murphy said. "As long as we're locked down in getting people and goods from the major economic hubs in New York and Boston, the jobs are locked out."

Chris Murphy: Massive infrastructure spending; great deals now

Bysiewicz said the economy will not fully recover until the housing crisis is dealt with. She favors a plan to charge a small tax on every securities transaction. Such a charge would generate $150 billion annually; she said she'd use the bulk of the money to provide mortgage relief to middle class homeowners. The rest would be invested in renewable energy projects, she added. Murphy said he also supports a transaction tax.

David Walker: CT is last nationally in roads & critical infrastructure

David Walker: Create comprehensive integrated state data system

Richard Blumenthal: Engage private sector to gather intel for homeland security

McMAHON: Both. The terrorists only need to succeed once, while we must get it right every single time.

BLUMENTHAL: While I am thankful that there has not been a successful attack on American shores since 9/11/2001, real threats remain. It is therefore vital that we use both military and non-military methods to target and attack the terrorists where they are. This includes targeting Al Qaeda's organizations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen as well as its affiliates like Al-Shabaab in Somalia. At the same time, we must do more at home to remedy the unacceptable flaws exposed in our homeland security, by improving information sharing, bringing together the best technology and the most effective management strategies to get people working across agencies, and to engage the private sector to collect, understand, and mobilize information in real time to improve our national security.

John Flynn: 5G exposes people to EMF radiation & causes cancer

Besides the fact that corporations have not done the due diligence to properly investigate or publish a truthful or reliable statement on the long term bio-effects of 5G exposure to humans and the natural world, the basic effects are an increase in exposure to EMF radiation--at frequencies that have never been used (or tested) in consumer applications before. There have been no surveys to indicate the levels of 5G EMF radiation to which people will be exposed. There are no safe radiation levels of EMF. Dr. Joel Moskowitz from UC Berkeley School of Public Health has stated that, "We have no reason to believe that 5G is safe." In addition, The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has designated 5G EMF as a Class 2B carcinogen. Other research has demonstrated that EMF is genotoxic, a DNA destroyer.