Im a new legislator, how can OLR help me?
• verbally brief you on issues you want to learn about or compile information from a variety of sources on those issues, • brief you on the jurisdictions of the committees to which youve been assigned and the issues they will address, • draft questions for use at public hearings, • accompany you to meetings at the Capitol or LOB with constituents or lobbyists, • brief you on bills and amendments. 5. What kinds of research does OLR do? We conduct research on public policy issues and problems and options for addressing them. This type of research includes describing Connecticut programs and policies and comparing them to those in other states, describing federal and other states policies and programs, analyzing court cases, providing policy options and the pros and cons of pending bills, and summarizing the history of legislation. OLR staff generally do not conduct empirical research, that is, we do not test hypotheses against evidence we collect from the field. (The Legislative Program
