Connecticut Debates Protecting State Residents from Deep Federal Social Safety Net Cuts

Interview with Tom Swan, executive director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, conducted by Scott Harris.

Tom Swan talks about the Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG) and other groups’ demand that Gov. Ned Lamont declare a fiscal emergency and call a special session of the  state legislature to take immediate action to protect the state’s residents from the Trump- GOP’s deep federal budget cuts to crucial social safety net programs, including Medicaid, SNAP and the Affordable Care Act.