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Congressman John Larson

Representing the 1st District of Connecticut

Press Releases

Larson Presents Bristol Vietnam Veteran with Service Medals

November 5, 2018 Press Release

Bristol, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented Bristol resident and U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Gary Wycko with his service medals. Wycko served during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968.

Issues:
Veterans

CT House Delegation Releases New Pre-Existing Conditions Report Showing 168,000 in CT May Lose Coverage or See Premium Increases

October 31, 2018 Press Release

Hartford, CT – Today, Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) released the following statements on a

Issues:
Health Care

Larson Honors Late Korean War Veteran, Presents Medal to Grandson from Southington

October 30, 2018 Press Release

Enfield, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented the family of the late-Korean War Veteran, Luther Cuffee, with his service medals. His grandson, Jacob Cipriano accepted the medals on his grandfather’s behalf. Cuffee’s daughter Soncerae Cipriano and her husband Christopher were also in attendance.

Issues:
Veterans

Treat Social Security the way President Roosevelt intended, as an insurance program not an entitlement

October 26, 2018 Article
Newsflash to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-Ky.) - Social Security is not an entitlement. It is the insurance every working American has paid for.
Issues:
Seniors: Social Security & Medicare

Critical Provisions for Hartford and East Hartford Levees Championed by Larson Signed into Law

October 23, 2018 Press Release

Hartford, CT – Today Congressman John Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 was signed into law, which contained a provision Larson fought to include, directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct expedited feasibility reports on repairing the Hartford and East Hartford levee systems:

Issues:
Infrastructure and Transportation

Larson, Courtney Announce Free IRS Webinar on Deduction for Crumbling Foundations

October 22, 2018 Press Release

(Hartford, CT) - Today, Congressman John B.

Issues:
Tax Relief for Crumbling Foundations

Larson, Courtney Receive Tax Clarification from the IRS for Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations

October 16, 2018 Press Release

(Hartford, CT) – Today, Congressman John B.

Issues:
Tax Relief for Crumbling Foundations

LARSON STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF HARTFORD VISIONARY JOE MARFUGGI

October 12, 2018 Press Release

Hartford, CT – Today Congressman John Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after learning the news that Joe Marfuggi, former President of the Riverfront Recapture passed away:

Issues:
Local

LARSON: This Year’s COLA is Good News, but Social Security Beneficiaries Have Earned Better

October 11, 2018 Press Release
Larson calls for strengthening and enhancing the benefits workers have earned in the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 1902)
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that there will be a 2.8 percent increase in the cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits received beginning in January 2019.
Issues:
Seniors: Social Security & Medicare

Larson, Esty, Reed Introduce Resolution to Designate October 8 as National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day

October 5, 2018 Press Release
Today, Congressman John Larson (CT-1), Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), and Congressman Tom Reed (NY-23) introduced H.Res.1115, which would express support for designating October 8, 2018 as National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. The date October 8 was chosen because it is symbolic of the atomic weight of hydrogen (1.008).
Issues:
Energy & Environment

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