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Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement in support of the Connecticut Starbucks Workers Union strike. As part of an ongoing nationwide strike, workers at the Corbin’s Corner Starbucks in West Hartford and Berkshire Center Starbucks in Danbury officially began their strike this morning.
Mark Barden remembers the last days he spent with his seven-year-old son, Daniel in December of 2012.
“We were decorating the tree and I had to run to the hardware store for something, and he peeled off from Jackie and his siblings to come with me to the hardware store rather than pick out treats, because he didn't want me to be alone,” Barden said.
Days later, his son would be one of the 26 students and educators killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1.6 billion “undefinitized” contract action for sustainment of F135 engines, according to the company.
The engines power all “three variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced fighter aircraft,” according to the East Hartford-based company.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), along with 32 Members of Congress, urged the Trump Administration to include small and specialty crop farms if the Administration moves forward with any federal effort to provide economic relief for farm losses due to President Trump’s trade wars:
East Hartford, CT – Today, with Hurricane Melissa expected to make landfall in Jamaica, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) demanded U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright immediately reinstate funding for clean energy projects canceled by the Trump White House as political retaliation during the government shutdown.