Press Releases
EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) was joined by Deborah Poerio of Integrated Health Services (IHS), East Hartford School leadership and local legislators in announcing a $200,000 Health and Human Services (HHS) Grant for IHS to increase dental care access for schoolchildren.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement honoring the Jewish New Year, which begins tonight at sunset.
"As Jewish families in the United States and around the world gather to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I want to extend my warmest wishes to them all for the New Year. L'shana tovah --may you have a good year.
HARTFORD – Today Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) hosted a domestic violence roundtable discussion focused on the importance of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which is set to expire at the end of the month.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced H.R. 12, President Obama's American Jobs Act. The text of the bill is attached.
Larson released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) joined with a bipartisan majority of the House this week to renew the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program.
HARTFORD – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) issued the following statement today on the end of the U.S. Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy: "I am very pleased to see ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell' officially end today. For too long the policy has weakened our national security and undermined our principles as a country.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) is an original co-sponsor of a bill introduced this week that will provide relief to farmers who have been negatively affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
HARTFORD - Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) issued the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks:
"September 11, 2001 is to a whole generation what December 7, 1941 was to an earlier generation. Ten years later what must be underscored is how during the days, weeks and months following the attack we came together as a nation.
HARTFORD – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) issued the following statement following President Barack Obama's speech on jobs tonight:
"President Obama is absolutely right. It's time for Congress to act and act now.
"There was nothing in the President's speech tonight that Congress could not consider tomorrow.