My speech to the NH House in opposition to CACR 12, a bill to amend the NH Constitution that sets a dangerous precedent in limiting the NH legislature’s statutory responsibilities.

Minority House leader Alexis Simpson says the math doesn’t work for NH families. We need to change the leadership in Concord to give working families a break on prices and property taxes. This November is the time to do it.

For nearly 250 years NH has not had a state-wide income tax and I’m not about to vote for one. Thursday May 16, the House defeated a bill that would amend the constitution restricting this and future legislatures from adopting a state wide income tax of any kind. Income tax proposals have been consistently defeated since the founding of this state, but this time there were those who wanted to codify the income tax question in the constitution, a measure that would better be defined by law. This is my speech making that case.

Energy costs keep going up, and there have been plenty of plans to support clean sustainable energy that have been consistently rejected resulting in higher home energy costs.

Taxation issues are always in the news. Here’s an opinion piece by State Representative Michael Cahill of Newmarket who gives an overview of the current NH tax revenue position.

Still fighting our minority status, your NH Democrats have won several key battles in the House. Unions, kids, and healthcare saw some wins, however the environment took a hit.

Greenland Representative Dennis Malloy led the bipartisan move to kill a bill that would have cost Seacoast communities $3 million by redistributing the Rooms, Meals and Rental tax.

Towns won’t be able to weigh in on ICE detention facilities, the House killed the Housing Champions program and guns will rule on NH university and college campuses. These bills will now go to the Senate with likely a predictable fate.