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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
January 22, 2024

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $4 million in new federal funding awarded to RTX Technology Research Center in East Hartford, Connecticut, to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 19, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to advance H.R. 7024 in the House Ways and Means Committee, bipartisan legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit, restore research and development expensing to support small businesses in addition to other tax provisions. 

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Rep. Larson speaks in the Ways and Means Committee
January 18, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against H.R. 6918, extreme Republican legislation that would divert assistance from America’s most impoverished families to dangerous anti-abortion centers.  

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 18, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to extend government funding and avoid a devastating shutdown.  

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 18, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House Republicans on the Budget Committee advanced H.R. 5779, legislation that would create a fast-track commission designed to cut Social Security. Earlier today, Rep.

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Rep. Larson on the House Floor
January 18, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 5779 ahead of the House Budget Committee's markup on the legislation today. H.R.

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Rep. Larson on the House Floor
January 16, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) led House Democrats on the House Floor in support of the Social Security Child Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to protect children against identity theft by allowing them to receive a new Social Security number and card if theirs has been stolen in the mail, and called on Congress to act to enhance benefits for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Hartford CT Buildings
January 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) led 116 House Democrats in a letter to House Leadership opposing the creation of a fast-track commission designed to slash Social Security. 

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Rep. Larson speaks in the Ways and Means Committee
January 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) opposed H.R. 6918, extreme legislation proposed by Republicans in the House Ways and Means Committee that would divert funding from America’s most impoverished families to dangerous anti-abortion centers. 

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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
January 11, 2024
Washington, D.C. -  Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced $14,652,800 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to build out a statewide electric vehicle charging network across Connecticut.