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June 18, 2020
During today’s Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Hearing on tax relief to support workers and families during COVID-19, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) called for action to address economic inequalities in COVID-19 recovery efforts
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June 18, 2020
Yesterday, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul, urging SSA to share vital information on Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) with Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries with representative payees
June 5, 2020
They come every year to the same place, an urban hospital that treats gun trauma and, in 2020, tests for a novel coronavirus. It sits in a census tract where 90% of the residents are black or Hispanic, 40% live in poverty and 15% of the apartments are vacant.
A doctor introduces the speakers, the politicians and mothers of dead children come to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day. It fell this year on the 52nd anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as he celebrated a presidential primary win.
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June 3, 2020
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Jahana Hayes (D-5) with Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joe Giulietti announced the state has been awarded $224.3 in federal COVID-19 funding from the Federal Transit Administration to help cover expenses – operations, maintenance, personal protective equipment – for Connecticut rail and bus operations.
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Event Date:
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 – 12:30 PM to 12:30 PM
Hartford, CT – June 2nd, at 12:30 PM Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) will be joined by Mark S. Hayward, the U.S.
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May 29, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced the opening of a rapid testing site at the Samuel V. Arroyo Recreation Center in Hartford.
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May 29, 2020
Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced they will be introducing the Pandemic Essential Supplies Act.
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May 28, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the bipartisan PPP Flexibility Act to ensure that the Paycheck Protection Program better reflects small businesses’ needs.
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May 27, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted how communities of color in Connecticut have been affected by the COVID-19 and the disparities that exist during a Ways and Means hearing , on the “Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color.” This was first virtual hearing the House of Representatives held since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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May 15, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Heroes Act which provides an additional relief to Americans to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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