Congressman Larson's Committees
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March 7, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Trump-appointed Acting Commissioner of Social Security announced the agency is changing the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries from 10% to 100%.
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March 6, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Technology for Energy Security Act with Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Mike Carey (OH-15) to extend the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investment Tax Credit for fuel cells and linear generators for another eight years.
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March 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Dudek’s comments that ‘DOGE’ is making decisions about the agency’s future without an understanding of how the agency works were reported in the Washington Post.
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March 6, 2025
Donald Trump's administration - which is, in partnership with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, waging a sweeping, shambolic crackdown on the federal workforce - is now ordering employees to stop reading the news on their office computers.
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March 5, 2025
Democrats on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee pushed back Wednesday over what they see as attacks by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Social Security benefits.
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March 5, 2025
Following President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening, Connecticut leaders hammered the president on what he included in his speech and omissions on the country’s increasing economic problems. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy was the only one of the state’s delegation to boycott the address, and several congresspeople gave video reactions on X.
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March 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced three bills with his Democratic colleagues to protect Americans from the Trump-Musk plan to gut Social Security.
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March 5, 2025
Following President Trump’s joint address to Congress, reactions were swift and varied across Connecticut, with politicians from both sides of the aisle voicing their support and criticism.
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March 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement blasting President Trump’s repeated blatant lies about Social Security during his Joint Address to Congress, where he falsely asserted many people as old as 150 are fraudulently receiving Social Security benefits.
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March 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee released the following statement after President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect: