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Here's what Connecticut's political leaders are saying about President Biden's State of the Union address

Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus. Lawmakers in the Northeast are reacting to the Democrat’s speech.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s election-year State of the State address Wednesday began by answering a question already posed by a Republican opponent: Is Connecticut better off than before he took office in January 2019? “Today, the state of the state is better off than it was three years ago, but we still have a long way to go,” Lamont said, addressing a joint session of the General Assembly for the first time since the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

Gov. Ned Lamont embraces moving forward at start of 2022 session.

“Today, the state of the state is better off than it was three years ago, but we still have a long way to go,” he said, addressing a joint