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April 3, 2012


(Hartford, CT)The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today applauded an $8.6 million Department of Health and Human Services grant to provide home visits that support early childhood development to Connecticut families that elect to receive such services. The grant was awarded to the Connecticut Department of Public Health through the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program created by the Affordable Care Act.

March 29, 2012

WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the House Republican Budget that would end the Medicare guarantee and slash over four million jobs while rewarding those making over $1 million a year with over $300,000 in additional tax breaks:

"As Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, in these troubled times, ‘we need to prevail upon this country to come together and find the warm courage of national unity that comes from shared sacrifice.'

March 28, 2012

WASHINGTON – This afternoon Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) joined with colleagues in the House of Representatives to introduce the 2012 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill.

Larson, who is a co-sponsor of the 2012 legislation and has been a staunch supporter of continued reauthorization and sustained funding since he entered Congress in 1999, called on the House to act immediately to pass this important legislation.

March 28, 2012


Legislation Intended to Prevent Tax Increases on the Beneficiaries of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement

March 27, 2012

Transcript of Press Availability Before House Democratic Caucus Meeting

WASHINGTON Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) held a press avail before the Democratic Caucus meeting today on the effects of the Republican budget and how Democrats remain committed to defending Medicare, and healthcare reform. You canwatch the avail here. Below is the transcript:

March 26, 2012


WASHINGTON – This afternoon U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Joe Lieberman and Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the Hartford Housing Authority will receive a $397,939 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to benefit homeless veterans throughout the greater-Hartford area.

March 23, 2012

HARTFORD – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) issued the following statement marking the two-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

March 22, 2012

Cosponsors Senate-Passed MAP-21 Bill That Would Create or save over 23,000 CT Jobs

WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) continued his call for House Republican leadership to pass a bipartisan transportation bill that will create construction jobs in Connecticut and throughout the country.

March 22, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Today Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Congressman John Larson (D-CT) introduced legislation that would prohibit the IRS from taxing compensation awarded to people who have been wrongfully convicted of a crime and subsequently exonerated.