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President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Connecticut’s senators and representatives are bringing various guests, including the state’s teacher of the year and a community health CEO.
Tuesday’s address won’t be called a “State of the Union” because Trump just took office — but the pomp and circumstance will be the same. Expect loud cheers from supporters and protests from dissidents.
Community health centers across Connecticut are experiencing disruptions in payment and communications as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders that froze federal funds, in addition to guidance from his administration, according a letter from the state's congressional delegation that was delivered to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday.
Connecticut Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson was home in the state’s 1st Congressional District Thursday to talk with constituents about a “chaotic” week in Washington.
Before a crowd at the East Hartford Senior Center, Larson said the Trump White House’s order to freeze federal funding, since rescinded and blocked by courts, was “poorly executed.”
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after President Trump attempted to walk back a freeze on federal funding.
At the Urban League of Greater Hartford, serving the community is part of their mission. Fulfilling that obligation involves getting federal funds.
A push from the Trump administration to pause that funding is creating concern.
Connecticut is "going on the offensive" according to Attorney General William Tong, planning to sue the Trump Administration to stop a memorandum issued late Monday night that would halt federal funds to states.
After hours of chaos, confusion and outrage from officials in Connecticut and beyond, a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on most types of federal grants and loans.
Connecticut officials are expressing concerns about what a federal funding freeze could mean for families across the state, saying they'll do what they can to provide support for residents in the coming days and months.
The White House planned to pause federal grants and loans starting Tuesday night, but a federal judge temporarily blocked it before it could take effect.