Ned Lamont

If they pull the rug out from under you, every week seems to be happening right now.

It makes it very difficult for that certainty and stability that the people in this room like.

It's not my first rodeo with these Trump shutdowns.

So we went through all of our commissioners.

We saw what's most at risk, where do you have reserves.

WIC, which is Women, Infants, and Children, probably only had a week's worth of reserve there.

So we figured out how we backstop that.

SNAP, which is, you know, food benefits, that's the end of this month.

So we're watching very carefully where the risk is.

And I can't make up all the shortfall, but I'm trying my best to help out the most vulnerable.

End of this month.

You know, SNAP benefits is probably $75 million a month.

I can't not make up that shortfall.

So if the federal government walks away, that's tough.

If we had assurance the federal government's going to backstop, if we had to help it out for a couple months, then we'll get paid back, that's something else.

We have none of that assurance.

Well, as governor, you feel strong allegiance to your state.

I'm a homer for Connecticut.

I'm team Connecticut.

And, you know, Republican or Democrat, I try and get stuff done.