Press Releases

Larson Condemns ICE Raid at Newington Car Wash

August 23, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after ICE detained seven workers at a car wash in Newington without notifying local officials.

Issues:ImmigrationStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’

Rep. Larson and Senator Blumenthal with workers at the Newington VA

Larson, Blumenthal Call Out Trump Attacks on Veterans Care and Workers at the Newington VA

August 22, 2025

Press Release

Newington, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) visited the Newington VA campus to call out the Trump Administration’s illegal termination of collective bargaining for workers, the cancellation of approved maternity leave for expecting parents, and ‘DOGE’ mass firings that have created severe staff shortages at every VA facility nationwide.

Issues:LaborLocalStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’ Veterans

Rep. Larson, Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, and U.S. Army veteran Sherri Vogt

Larson Presents Bristol Veteran with Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award

August 21, 2025

Press Release

Bristol, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented the Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award to Bristol veteran Patrick Nelligan, in recognition of his forty-two years of military service.

Issues:LocalVeterans

Rep. Larson with Connecticut Foodshare President & CEO Jason Jakubowski, staff, and volunteers at Hockanum Park in East Hartford

Larson Visits Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry in East Hartford, Urges Federal Action to Support Food Banks

August 18, 2025

Press Release

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) visited the Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry site at Hockanum Park in East Hartford and called for federal action to support food banks.

Issues:LocalStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’

Larson Statement on Announcement of $53 Million in Federal Funding for Connecticut Farmers

August 16, 2025

Press Release

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the announcement that Connecticut farmers will receive $53 million in federal disaster assistance.

Issues:GrantsLocalSecuring Federal Funding

Rep. Larson at the East Hartford Senior Center

Larson Statement on the 90th Anniversary of Social Security

August 14, 2025

Press Release

East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the 90^th anniversary of Social Security.

Issues:Affordability and the EconomyCongressman Larson's CommitteesStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’ Social Security

Larson, Murphy, and Connecticut Delegation Call for Serious Investment in Coast Guard Academy Facilities

August 14, 2025

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Hartford, CT — Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and the entire Connecticut Congressional delegation urged the United States Coast Guard to commit to modernizing campus infrastructure at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA).

Issues:EducationLocal

Rep. John Larson Joins Social Security Works National Town Hall

Larson Joins Sanders, Wyden, Dingell, and O’Malley to Call for Congress to Protect and Enhance Social Security

August 13, 2025

Press Release

Washington D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-06), former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, and advocates from across the country for a virtual national town hall ahead of the 90th anniversary of Social Security. Together, the speakers called for Congress to act to protect and enhance Social Security and preserve the program for years to come.

Issues:Social Security

Larson Opposes Trump Nominee Who Called to Shut Down Social Security

August 11, 2025

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East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement opposing EJ Antoni’s nomination for Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Antoni is a Project 2025 contributor who has called for shutting down Social Security.

Issues:Affordability and the EconomyCongressman Larson's CommitteesLaborStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’ Social Security

Senator Blumenthal, Rep. Larson, and East Windsor First Selectman Jason Bowsza

Larson Statement on Trump Termination of Federal Funding for Solar Projects in Connecticut

August 8, 2025

Press Release

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Trump Administration canceled $62.5 million in Solar for All grant funding Connecticut received last year. This funding was authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act that Rep. Larson helped author and pass in 2022.

Issues:Affordability and the EconomyCongressman Larson's CommitteesEnergy And EnvironmentLocalStanding Up to Trump and ‘DOGE’