Press Releases
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April 3, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5), on Friday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the department to immediately halt plans to finalize or move forward with regulations that will limit people in Connecticut from accessing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Issues:COVID-19 Resources
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April 2, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced Connecticut’s First District will receive over $7.3 million in funding from the Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help low-income Americans that was allocated from the CARES Act that Congress passed last week.
Issues:COVID-19 Resources
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April 2, 2020
House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement that they would allow Social Security beneficiaries to receive COVID-19 relief payments automatically without having to file tax returns.
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April 1, 2020
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), and Select Revenues Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), and Ways and Means Members Reps. Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, urging the IRS to provide automatic COVID-19 Relief Payments to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries.
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March 31, 2020
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) called for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) to develop a simple path forward for Social Security recipients to receive the economic impact payment.
Issues:Social Security
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March 30, 2020
Today, Members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced that Connecticut would receive almost $5.4 million in federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
March 27, 2020
Sunday, March 29th at 3 PM, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) will host his fourth tele-town hall on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 27, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the CARES Act to provide COVID-19 relief.
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March 26, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the CARES Act, the third COVID-19 relief package.
March 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, in a letter to President Donald Trump, Connecticut’s entire Congressional delegation urged support for Governor Ned Lamont’s request for a major disaster declaration for the state of Connecticut in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.