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Without Congressional action, subsidized Stafford interest rates will go from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Senators Joseph I. Lieberman, Richard Blumenthal and Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) today announced that the City of Hartford has been awarded a $10 million federal TIGER IV (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Grant that will be used to tie transit to the Greater Hartford region's employment and housing centers in an effort to promote job creation and economic revitalization.
WASHINGTON –Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the decision by the Administration to protect DREAM-eligible youth from deportation: |
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal joined Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) today in announcing $1.96 million in federal assistance to the town of East Windsor to help complete a sewer extension project originally funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. |
WASHINGTON, DC—Connecticut's Congressional delegation released the following statement this evening regarding Northrop Grumman's decision to suddenly close its Norwalk facility. The delegation met with Northrop Grumman leadership late this afternoon.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Susan Swain on C-SPAN Washington Journal this morning to discuss the economy and the lack of action on jobs by the Republican leadership. * *Watch the full segment with Chairman Larson* * |
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Washington, DC—The Connecticut Congressional Delegation responded today to the joint Federal Energy Regulatory Commission/North America Electric Reliability Corporation report into the causes and unacceptable response of Connecticut Light & Power and its parent company, Northeast Utilities, to last October's snowstorm that left more than two million households without power, including over 850,000 in Connecticut. The delegation called for the investigation last year.
SIMSBURY—Today, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman John Larson, and Congressman Chris Murphy announced new legislation to create a U.S. National Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers Act protective designation for the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook, through the ten towns of Avon, Bloomfield, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, Farmington, Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, and Windsor.