Congressman Larson's Committees
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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) offered an amendment to protect against cuts to disability benefits for some of America’s most vulnerable.
Top congressional Democrats are demanding CMS explain how the agency accidentally revealed sensitive information about providers, including Social Security numbers, through a public release of National Provider Directory data. The Democrats also want to know what steps CMS is taking to protect providers whose identities could be stolen because of the leak and prevent future directory errors.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced new legislation to prevent sitting presidents from profiting off of lawsuits against their own government with Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01).
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined with his fellow Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee and Judiciary Committee, filing a brief urging U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to dismiss Trump v. IRS and fully scrutinize the settlement agreement announced this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president’s economic agenda—which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he repeatedly promised on the campaign trail.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Assault Weapons Financing Accountability Act to ban the use of predatory Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment plans for purchasing assault weapons and ghost gun kits that can be used to build them.
A newly reported failure of the Trump administration’s ability to handle sensitive private information in the social programs it is tasked with operating triggered a fresh wave of anger over the weekend after it was revealed that healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers were made public as part of a faulty Medicare po