Press Releases
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April 26, 2017
Ranking Member Larson Opening Statement at Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on Stopping Disability Fraud
Issues:Social Security
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April 24, 2017
(Hartford, CT) – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today announced a $5.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support Connecticut efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. The funding is the first of two rounds from the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in December.
Issues:Health Care
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April 14, 2017
Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the winner of the First Congressional District Art Competition at the Dehn Gallery at MCC on Main.
Issues:Local
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April 13, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the announcement by Connecticut Governor, Dannel Malloy, that he would not be seeking a third term
Issues:Local
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April 13, 2017
After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deceptively suggested they were local police to try to detain a woman in Hartford, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a letter on Thursday, signed by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly urging him to direct all agents to clearly identify themselves as ICE officers. Mutual trust between law enforcement officials and local residents is critical to reducing crime and keeping communities safe.
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April 7, 2017
Hartford, CT - Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the chemical attack in Syria and the U.S. missile strike in response:
Issues:Foreign Policy
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April 5, 2017
Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01), the Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Social Security, introduced the ‘Social Security 2100 Act’, HR 1902.
Issues:Social Security
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March 31, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented Dylan Rispoli, a junior at Northwest Catholic High School from Windsor, CT, with the Silver and Bronze Congressional Award medals.
Issues:Local
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March 31, 2017
Today, Representative John Larson (CT-01), and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) sent a letter to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asking that they implement a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to protect patient care if UnitedHealthcare Group and Hartford HealthCare are unable to agree on contract terms.
Issues:Health Care
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March 29, 2017
"It is incomprehensible to me that after a foreign power attacks our country, in what former Vice-President Dick Cheney has said could be construed as an ‘act of war', that my Republican colleagues would vote no, on an bipartisan, independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the Russian government's interference in our election," said Larson. "I am saddened to think that my Republican colleagues have put partisan politics ahead of something as fundamental to our democracy and all that we stand for as the electoral process of the nation."
Issues:Foreign Policy