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February 11, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced a $4,648,305 Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly award in the City of Hartford.
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January 27, 2020
MANCHESTER — Three juniors from Howell Cheney Technical School have broken a glass ceiling by becoming the first all-female group to win the 1st District Congressional App Challenge.
Jalah Edison, 16, of Vernon, Rocio Rivera, 16, of East Hartford, and Jazzlin Grisby, 16, also of East Hartford, were recognized by U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, at a ceremony at their school. Larson presented the girls with certificates of special congressional recognition for designing the app "School of Math."
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January 17, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) recognized Jalah Edison, Jazzlin Grisby, and Rocio Rivera with Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition for designing the winning app, School of Math, for the First District’s 2019 Congressional App Challenge (CAC).
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January 17, 2020
Today, in a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-01),U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and City of Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin called upon HUD to improve current policies regarding the oversight of Section 8 Housing as well as the promotion of fair housing opportunities.
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Event Date:
Thursday, January 16, 2020 – 05:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Address:
300 Welles St.
Riverfront Community Center (RCC), Community Room B
Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
United States
Public Forum with Reps. Larson and Courtney
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December 19, 2019
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, which would restore the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction that was capped by the Republican Tax Law in 2017.
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December 17, 2019
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the inclusion of his Protecting Access to Wheelchairs Act (H.R. 2293) in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.
Issues:Health CareLocal
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December 17, 2019
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House approval of Defense funding in the National Security Appropriations Minibus (HR 1158).
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December 17, 2019
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which included Larson’s Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act (VRIPA).
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December 16, 2019
Today, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01) announced that funding they have fought for to provide federal resources to conduct research on Connecticut’s crumbling foundations crisis has been included in the final, conferenced version of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
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