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WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) made the following remarks on the Floor this afternoon during the debate on Speaker Boehner's proposed short term default act:
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Flights Scheduled after July 23, 2011 are eligible for tax refund due to temporary lapse in FAA legislation
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced this afternoon that as a result of a lapse in Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) authorization, the federal government has temporarily stopped collecting certain taxes on plane tickets.
HARTFORD – Congressman John Larson (CT-01) will join Governor Dannel Malloy and leadership from Hartford Hospital, Aetna and retiree advocates Friday in a celebration to mark the 45th anniversary of the first Medicare payment.
Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965. The first Medicare benefit payment was issued by The Aetna Insurance Company to Hartford Hospital on July 9, 1966.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) slammed Republican leadership in the House of Representatives today as they continued to debate the FY12 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which includes a plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs).
The Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs provide aid that goes directly to the states and localities to fund water infrastructure projects that aim to protect drinking water and better manage wastewater and pollution runoff.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) and SenatorsJoseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Community Renewal Team, Inc., a $349,389 grant to help low-income veterans and their families in Hartford, New Haven and Middlesex counties obtain and keep affordable housing.
HARTFORD – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that three of Hartford's major historical attractions will receive over $700,000 in combined grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Mark Twain House and Wadsworth Atheneum all met the NEH's highly competitive criteria of cultivating humanities research, education and preservation.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement following President Obama's address to the nation tonight:
WASHINGTON – Saturday, July 23rd, marks the 200th day of Republican control of the House with no jobs agenda to get America back to work. Democrats have an alternative: the Make It In America plan.
Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement:
"It's been 200 days of Republican control of the House and they still haven't focused on creating jobs – insisting instead that we can cut our way to prosperity.
WASHINGTON – After blocking Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Chief earlier this week, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives again voted to weaken the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the one-year anniversary of its signing into law. This afternoon Congressman John Larson (CT-01) again slammed Republicans for siding with Wall Street over consumers.
WASHINGTON – Today's AAA report indicating that gas prices in Connecticut are the highest in the lower 48 states is no surprise to Connecticut families who face real pain at the pump every time they fill up. To help reduce gas prices for consumers in Connecticut – and across the country – Congressman John Larson (CT-01) again implored Republicans in Congress to stop working to block new powers under last year's Wall Street Reform legislation to crack down on excessive and abusive oil speculation.