Speak Up: Start of 152nd General Assembly welcomes new faces and leadership

As the 152nd General Assembly kicked off Jan. 10, each of Delaware’s 62 lawmakers were sworn in, vowing to fulfill their duties in their respective chambers. With numerous freshman lawmakers, new committees and new chairmanships, the assembly promises to be unique for the Democratic and Republican caucuses in both chambers.

• Hopefully, they will pass some decent bills that will protect our children from guns and stop the racism in this state. — Ruth Hamilton
• Here we go, another round of bad laws and tyranny. — Bob Hice
• Hopefully, they won’t go the Democratic way, see their errors and respond accordingly. Hopefully. — Brandon Skeen