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Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces $3.2 Million to Improve State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown

September 15, 2017

(Hartford, CT)- Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced a grant from the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) totaling nearly $3.2 million to improve the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.

The grant will raise, realign, and clean 7,393 headstones and fund refurbishment of 270,000 square feet of turf. The project will cover 5 acres and serve 184,300 Veterans and their families.

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LARSON, BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, BRONIN APPLAUD $2.8 MILLION GRANT FOR NORTH HARTFORD

August 11, 2017

Press Release

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1) and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin applauded the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) on Thursday for awarding a $2.8 million grant to help build a food-focused business incubator and manufacturing facility at the Swift Factory complex in North Hartford.

Issues:EconomyGrantsAffordability and the EconomyLocalPromise Zone

Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, Courtney, Esty Applaud $300,000 To The Wheeler Clinic to Address Opioid Use Among Teenage Girls

August 1, 2017

Press Release

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) applauded a $300,000 grant to the Wheeler Clinic from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health.

Issues:GrantsHealth CareLocal

Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces $315,000 in Federal Funding to Fight Opioid Overdoses

July 19, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $315,000 in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help support Connecticut’s response to the opioid overdose epidemic.

Issues:GrantsHealth CareLocal

Congressional Delegation Announces Over $35 Million in HUD Funding to Improve Public Housing, Protect Children and Families from Lead Hazards

June 30, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) totaling $35,602,295.

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LARSON, BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, COURTNEY, HIMES, ESTY ANNOUNCE OVER $930,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS

June 23, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $939,462 in federal funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program to support fire departments in Fairfield, Ledyard, New Milford, and West Hartford.

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EPA Funds to Support Brownfield Sites in Hartford, Shelton and Waterbury

June 6, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $450,000 in federal funding and technical assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support brownfield sites in Shelton, Waterbury, and Hartford.

Issues:Energy And EnvironmentGrants

Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces Over $3.9 Million in AmeriCorps Funding

June 1, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $3.9 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

Issues:GrantsLocalNational Service

Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces New Funding for Opioid Epidemic, Encourages Connecticut Communities & Health Providers to Apply

June 1, 2017

Press Release

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) encouraged Connecticut communities and healthcare providers on Thursday to apply for assistance through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s new grant programs to prevent opioid overdoses and provide opioid abuse treatment.

Issues:GrantsHealth CareLocal

With Future Funding in Peril, Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro, Himes, Esty, Announce $1.5 Million for NeighborWorks Affordable Housing

May 18, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $1.5 million in federal grants for NeighborWorks affordable housing developments in Connecticut. The major federal award comes as President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate all future funding for NeighborWorks in his federal budget proposal.

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