Rep. Babbidge: America's war with COVID at crossroads
Rep. Christopher W. Babbidge 2020 is behind us, but the virus is not. Yet there is a happier path forward. Thanks to (1) a life-saving decision by Speaker Gideon to adjourn from the tight confines of the House chamber and (2) the marvels of modern technology, this 71-year-old legislator finished committee work in the 129th legislature remotely and am thankful to be healthy today. The work of committees like mine over those next four months reported out 162 finished bills, three-quarters of them with bipartisan support, but, as you recall, we didn’t get the votes to reconvene the legislatu...