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In a recent address to the Speaker of the House and Congress on the House Floor, U.S. Rep. John Larson passionately called for immediate action on Social Security reform. Highlighting the program’s critical importance, Larson described it as the nation's number one anti-poverty initiative for the elderly and children.
The U.S. Navy and Electric Boat are continuing to ramp up hiring efforts for the company's Groton manufacturing facility that are needed now and will be required in the coming years to help produce two new classes of military submarines.
Two Connecticut House members have launched a new "maritime workforce campaign" in conjunction with the Navy and industry that aims to attract workers to the shipbuilding industry and improve submarine output, according to a Tuesday announcement from House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Courtney (D-CT).
Efforts to recruit for Electric Boat’s growing workforce are expanding to the Hartford area.
The submarine manufacturer hired 5,300 people for its locations in southeastern Connecticut and Quonset Point, R.I., last year and an additional 2,500 people during the first half of 2024. The company is expected to continue to hire at a very strong clip in the coming years, said U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.
The U.S. Navy will be in East Hartford Monday to start a discussion on a capitol region jobs program to recruit candidates who can contribute to the Pentagon’s aggressive submarine construction goals an hour to the southeast at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton.
In a visit to town to announce funding for a housing development, U.S. Rep. John Larson said, "You wouldn't think Barkhamsted is a place that needs affordable housing."
"But with home prices skyrocketing and other costs going up, people are struggling to afford it," said the Democrat who represents the 1st District in Washington, D.C.
With 20 modest apartments offering one to three bedrooms, the planned Mallory View complex will be similar to typical affordable housing buildings around Connecticut except for its site: A bucolic field in a remote, rural town known mostly for forests.
U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, visited the Barkhamsted Senior Center on Tuesday to discuss the status of Social Security and what he believes must happen if it is to remain “the No. 1 anti-poverty” program for seniors and children.
Larson sponsored the Social Security 2100 Act, first introduced in 2019, that would bring Social Security into the 21st century, but it has yet to be passed despite having 200 supporting signatures.
The conference brought together leaders from across the state and nation to discuss opportunities for public service in Connecticut and how to promote a stronger culture of service throughout the state—especially among young people.
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, GYL Financial Synergies, and More Perfect teamed up for the event.
Gov. Ned Lamont, Sen. Blumenthal, Cong. Larson, AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, and West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor were among the speakers outlining plans for new service opportunities in Connecticut and nationally at the first-ever Connecticut Service Symposium on Wednesday, May 29. The event was held at the 1877 Club at the University of Hartford in West Hartford.