Press Releases
February 22, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) recognized Nathan Poulin and Brianna Trask with Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition for designing the winning app, Spectrum Adventure, for the First District’s 2017 Congressional App Challenge (CAC).
Issues:Local
February 21, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) toured the CREC Hurricane Relief Center and met with CREC officials who have been helping families who were displaced from Puerto Rico due to the devastation left by the storms.
Issues:Local
February 21, 2018
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after holding a press conference at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) in East Hartford, CT highlighting the five-year extension of the fuel cell Investment Tax Credit in the recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act.
February 21, 2018
The Connecticut Delegation wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke expressing opposition to the proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling that could devastate Connecticut’s economy and environment.
Issues:Energy And EnvironmentLocal
February 19, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) visited the Charter Oak Health Center to celebrate the enactment of several bipartisan health care funding initiatives that will benefit Connecticut.
Issues:Health CareLocal
February 15, 2018
Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) gave the following remarks in the Ways and Means Committee hearing with Secretary Steve Mnuchin concerning the unfair double taxation that Connecticut residents are facing due to new limitations on deducting state and local taxes.
Issues:Tax Policy
February 15, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) responded to the tragic school shooting in Parkland, FL, in a Ways and Means Committee Hearing with Secretary Mnuchin.
Issues:Gun Violence Prevention
February 12, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned the proposed cuts in the Trump Administration’s proposed budget.
Issues:Social Security
February 12, 2018
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressmen John Larson (CT-1) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) today wrote the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Interior seeking an investigation into Interior’s highly unusual decision to take no action regarding proposed amendments to the Tribal-State agreements between the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes and the State of Connecticut.
February 9, 2018
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that several bipartisan bills and initiatives that he sponsored or was among the lead Democratic sponsors were signed into law with the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act. These bills were directly inspired by constituents in Connecticut.






