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Connecticut Delegation Urges Energy Department to Release Remaining Funds of $15 Million Award to Danbury-Based FuelCell Energy

September 22, 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) urged Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Friday to release the remaining funds of a $15 million grant the Department awarded the Danbury-based FuelCell Energy, Inc. in 2015.

Issues:Energy And EnvironmentLocal

Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces Over $2 Million in Mental Health and Opioid Abuse Treatment Funding

September 18, 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 $2,666,359 awarded to sixteen health centers in the state of Connecticut to fund treatment for mental health and opioid abuse.

Issues:GrantsHealth CareLocal

Larson, Courtney Amendments to Support Residents with Crumbling Foundations Pass in the House

September 15, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced three amendments they authored in support of support Connecticut residents impacted by crumbling foundations passed in the House of Representatives. The amendments were added to an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government which passed the House today.

Issues:Infrastructure and TransportationLocalTax PolicyCrumbling Foundations

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

September 15, 2017

Press Release

(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.

Issues:GrantsLocalVeterans

Larson, Courtney Meet with Treasury Secretary on Crumbling Foundations

September 11, 2017

Press Release

Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy David Kautter at the Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. to discuss assistance for north-central Connecticut residents impacted by crumbling concrete foundation.

Issues:LocalTax PolicyCrumbling Foundations

Larson Statement on the Passing of Luisa DeLauro

September 11, 2017

Press Release

Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), released the following statement after the passing of Luisa DeLauro, the mother of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03).

Issues:Local

Larson Commends Good News for New Hartford Family

September 8, 2017

Press Release

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that a one year-old New Hartford resident and his family were able to secure a supply of the medicine needed to treat his severe seizures.

Issues:Health CareLocal

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 Announces the America Wins Act

August 8, 2017

Press Release

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the America Wins Act, a $1 trillion proposal to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and to create millions of jobs for the middle class over the next decade.

Issues:EconomyInfrastructure and TransportationAffordability and the EconomyLocalThe America Wins Act

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

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