Press Releases
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October 21, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the MAGA (Make America Govern Again) Act to ensure all federal workers, military and civilian, are paid during the government shutdown. His bill would also withhold pay from Members of Congress, the President, Vice President, Cabinet, and White House political appointees.
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October 20, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led a call for Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano to halt the Trump Administration’s planned cuts to Social Security disability benefits.
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Larson Calls for Immediate Investigation into Trump Weaponization of IRS Against Political Opponents
October 20, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined every Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee to call for immediate investigations into the Trump Administration’s plan to illegally target taxpayers based on their political beliefs.
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October 16, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on Zia's release from ICE custody. Zia is an Afghan visa holder who was detained by masked ICE agents at his July green card appointment in East Hartford.
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October 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking the Trump Administration from conducting mass layoffs of federal workers during the Republican shutdown.
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October 10, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted Donald Trump’s illegal purge of federal workers, calling it “an assault on democracy and the middle class.”
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October 10, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, after Ranking Member Larson warned that excessive furloughs at BLS during the Republican shutdown could delay the annual Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), the Trump Administration reversed course. House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement:
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October 10, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a court order issued late last night blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to the Chicago area.
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October 9, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s allies indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James, following a similar politically motivated indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, and yesterday’s threat from the President to jail political opponents, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
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October 9, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) warned Americans that excessive staff furloughs at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) during the Republican shutdown could delay the annual Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA).