Matt Lesser

State senator, dad, friend to dogs. Serving Middletown, Newington, Cromwell, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield Connecticut. Admiral in the Nebraska Navy.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

I'm grateful to @GovNedLamont's steady focus on drug affordability - and for his strong partnership in our bipartisan Rx affordability legislation.

Connecticut is now leading the country - this is the first law of its kind, now saving real money.

https://t.co/4EyjJoANCs

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

Drug price increases are out of control. Last year, I took on Big Pharma and wrote a law that limits generic price increases to inflation.

Drug distributors sued.

TODAY, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld our law, a HUGE win for @AGWilliamTong and consumers everywhere.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

At least they're being honest. This was always about legal immigration.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.

@NYTimes: 'The Trump administration cut legal immigration in half early this year with policies blocking visas for immigrants from nearly half the globe.'

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@clpolizzi @StatesProjectUS That is simply stunning. Well done!

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

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[CT Election Guide @ctelectionguide]

Quinnipiac Poll
2026 Connecticut Governor General Election
10/8-10/12 | 1225 LV | MOE +/- 3.8

🔵Ned Lamont (Inc.) - 58%
🔴Ryan Fazio - 38%
🟡Undecided - 1%
🟣Refused - 2%

September Poll - Lamont 55-38

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

As of October 1st, states must pay 75% of SNAP’s administrative costs vs 50% when the law was first enacted a year ago.

We asked several scholars who study the SNAP program closely to shed light on the implications these cuts will have on workers, families, and economic growth.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@1968F250CS This isn't complicated. If you make it more expensive to administer SNAP (which Trump just did) states will do less administering of SNAP.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

A massive unfunded mandate on everyone in Connecticut.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

SNAP update: Another cut from the Republican reconciliation law takes effect today, cutting the federal match for SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%. Every state now gets half as many federal dollars to ensure SNAP gets to eligible families on time & in the right amount.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@1968F250CS That wouldn't help here. In fact, Connecticut is now incentivized to reduce administrative oversight of the program, which increases the chances of someone fraudulently receiving benefits

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@WolfBBoehme Government programs can help survivors escape traffickers by reducing their coercive control. Cutting those programs effectively helps human traffickers.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

Should we be surprised that Donald Trump - who protected Jeffrey Epstein and his associates - is once again revictimizing survivors of human trafficking?

Today the President kicked over a dozen lawful Connecticut residents who survived human trafficking off of their Medicaid.

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@Thelordjim How does this reduce fraud?

[Kevin Coughlin @kcough]

Four young people taken by ICE at Tweed and Bradley in three weeks. No criminal records. All here legally. Held two to three weeks, then released, because there was never a case to begin with. Per CT Mirror, 800 have been taken at US airports.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Unfortunately for Republicans, the situation is very easy to describe:

1. Trump won a cost-of-living election

2. Then he publicly announced a plan to raise the price of imports

3. Then he even-more-publicly started a war that raised the price of gas

4. Meanwhile, he got rich on crypto scams, while engaging in downright Pynchonian misadventures with the reflecting pool and ballroom, which sent the unmistakeable signal that "I care more about random bullshit than America's money problems ... and also I'm not even good at executing on the random bullshit"

[Jim DeFede @DeFede]

So I was just watching Fox News and this commercial played during Jesse Watters show. It says “Paid for by the US Government.”
This is clearly a campaign ad. And the singers are just singing over and over again, “Love me” - over images of Trump. @CBSMiami @CBSNews

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@Chris_Grosse Sick

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

@DFANewHaven How could anyone pass this test?

https://t.co/n4nTucwoS3

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

Did this work

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

FREEDOM FUEL HAS ARRIVED. ⛽️🇺🇸

The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President.

President Trump is leading the charge to lower gas prices this summer - putting more money in your pocket. 🔥

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

He obtained a 🇬🇷 passport back in March and federal prosecutors didn't even ask the court to seize it or make him wear an ankle monitor?

He bought ✈️ tix in MAY and nobody did anything about it?

Were they waiting for him to buy giant billboards saying "I'm going on the lam?"

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

Outrageous. Send him back to face justice @GreeceinNewYork @GreeceInUSA

[John Craven @johncraven1]

#BREAKING Kosta Diamantis has skipped the country and fled to Greece instead of attending his bribery sentencing (Diamantis applied for a Greek passport before his trial)

Prosecutors say he took a boat from Florida to the Bahamas and then flew to London