He was asking the citizens to have the gumption that the Legislature and the governor don't have.

In 1907 Rollin Woodruff, Connecticut's governor, was a member. Throughout the years we also had members of the legislature and former first selectmen in the Grange.

I'm going to come out now and make statements, 'Do we dare have a Democratic governor and a Democratic Legislature?' If that's the case, hand over your wallet. 'Cause the government's going to have you living on an allowance,

I?m very proud of my state, my constituents, my governor, ... I?m proud of the people in the legislature and others who are all taking steps to make a contribution to alleviate the hardships that have fallen on our fellow citizens. It?s a great, great day.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.

My guess is that neither the governor or the Legislature is going to start distributing funds until we have an extraordinarily high degree of confidence that the money is in the bank.