Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Susan Wild (PA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Doris Matsui (CA-07) led nearly 100 Members of Congress in a letter to House appropriators in support of increased funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Representatives Jim Himes, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, and Jahana Hayes and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy in writing a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) supporting the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s (CTDOT) request for assistance following yesterday’s events in which a tanker fire damaged Interstate-95 (I-95) and the Fairfield Avenue bridge in Norwalk. The damage will result in the closure of the major northeast transportation corridor for at least several days.

Washington, D.C. - Today, in the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted the need to strengthen Social Security with Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and commended President Biden for laying out a plan in his budget to enhance benefits for the first time in more than 50 years by ‘scrapping the cap’ on income above $400,000 a year.  

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced his office is accepting Fiscal Year 2025 Community Project Funding applications and slammed the Republican majority’s newly-announced ‘nonprofit ban’ aimed at restricting funding for LGBTQ+ organizations. 

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (IL-07) called for stronger protections for beneficiaries in a letter to Commissioner Martin O’Malley on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) proposed rule to expand its use of commercial electronic payroll data to administer the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability programs. 

Hartford, CT - Today, Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation and Governor Ned Lamont announced $62.5 million grant under the Environmental Protection Act's Solar for All initiative, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, to expand solar energy investment in low-income and disadvantaged communities (LIDAC).