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On Labor Day, we celebrate the contributions of workers. The best way to honor those contributions is to increase their compensation. A key part of their pay is deferred compensation in the form of Social Security. Working families earn their Social Security when they work and collect benefits when their work stops as the result of old age, disability, or death, leaving dependents.
Connecticut’s U.S. House delegation is urging state regulatory agency leaders to reconsider the “sharp increase” in rates putting pressure on Connecticut residents and small businesses, according to the delegation.
NORWICH, Conn. — Members of Connecticut's U.S. House of Representatives delegation are adding their weight to a growing call for the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to bring energy costs down.
U.S. Rep Joe Courtney Tuesday said he and the rest of Connecticut's U.S. House delegation are urging state utility regulators to "lower costs for consumers," and "reconsider the sharp increase in (energy) rates that is putting pressure on Connecticut's workers, families, and small businesses."
Social Security turns 89 years old this week.
Former President Donald Trump has touted a bold new idea for Social Security: ending taxes on benefit income.
As calls for reform of the US Supreme Court increase, Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, has announced his support for a constitutional amendment to limit the impact of a recent Supreme Court decision expanding presidential immunity.
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).