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May 23, 2014
East Hartford, CT – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Connecticut veterans today at the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2083 in East Hartford in seeking results of detailed audits to be conducted at all VA facilities.
Issues:Veterans
May 21, 2014

Washington – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) announced the passage of a National Defense Authorization Act amendment that would require TRICARE, the military healthcare program, to ensure access to behavioral treatments for military families who have children with development disabilities.

May 20, 2014

Washington – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act Conference Report (H.R. 3080), a bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed 412-4 in the House of Representatives:

May 9, 2014

Washington - Today, Reps. John B. Larson(D-CT) and Tom Rooney(R-FL) introduced legislation to require the nation's military healthcare program, TRICARE, to ensure access to behavioral treatments for military families who have children with developmental disabilities.

May 9, 2014

Washington – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4438, The American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014. Larson is the primary cosponsor of the legislation introduced by Congressman Kevin Brady(R-TX).

May 7, 2014

Washington - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) commended the announcement that United Technologies Sikorsky Aircraft along with Lockheed Martin have been awarded the production contract for the Presidential Helicopter.

April 24, 2014

Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Connecticut General Assembly approved legislation confirming an agreement between United Technologies Corporation and Connecticut.

April 8, 2014

Washington - Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today on the recently proposed budget by House Republicans. The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on the proposal later this week.

Issues:Economy
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Rep. Larson speaks at the Capitol
April 2, 2014
Washington – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Chairman of the Task Force on Election Reform, condemned today’s decision by the Supreme Court to remove restrictions on total dollar amounts of aggregate contributions a donor may make in our elections.
April 1, 2014

Washington – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 1557, the “Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013”. The legislation authorizes funding for children’s hospital graduate medical education programs and passed the House by voice vote.

Issues:Health Care