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Larson: 1.5 million CT Families Will Receive $4 Billion, Help is On the Way

March 10, 2021

Washington, D.C. – During the debate of the American Rescue Plan, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) spoke about what it would mean to working families and people in Connecticut.

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Rep. Larson speaks at a press conference in Hartford

Click here to view Larson's remarks.

Remarks as delivered:

"I want to thank President Biden for his science-based efforts in defeating this virus with his unrelenting focus in putting American families back on their feet.

"The American Rescue Plan meets the moment and fulfills that old adage that ‘Help Is On The Way.'

"This bill gets shots into your arms, money into people's pockets, and provides their communities and especially our schools with the relief that they need.

"In Connecticut, 1.5 million working families will receive needed $4 billion.

"This relief is felt by those families. I say to my colleagues, as those families sit across the kitchen table, and look across each other, and talk about their day-to-day needs, and what needs to be met, Mr. Speaker.

"And so, this is bipartisan relief package that we put forward, and I say bipartisan because when you talk to the general public, and when you talk to the people who need this relief directly, you see that more than 70 percent of Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliates support this bill.

"Thank you Mr. Neal."