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Hartford CT Buildings
August 26, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) called on Congress to act after the New York Times published a whistleblower report that ‘DOGE’ “uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server.”
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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
August 26, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. No president has ever fired a Federal Reserve Governor before, something the Supreme Court has signaled would be illegal.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 25, 2025

Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced that Bradley International Airport and Tweed-New Haven Airport have received over $7 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 23, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after ICE detained seven workers at a car wash in Newington without notifying local officials. 

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Rep. Larson and Senator Blumenthal with workers at the Newington VA
August 22, 2025
Newington, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) visited the Newington VA campus to call out the Trump Administration’s illegal termination of collective bargaining for workers, the cancellation of approved maternity leave for expecting parents, and ‘DOGE’ mass firings that have created severe staff shortages at every VA facility nationwide.
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Rep. Larson, Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, and U.S. Army veteran Sherri Vogt
August 21, 2025

Bristol, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented the Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award to Bristol veteran Patrick Nelligan, in recognition of his forty-two years of military service. 

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Rep. Larson with Connecticut Foodshare President & CEO Jason Jakubowski, staff, and volunteers at Hockanum Park in East Hartford
August 18, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) visited the Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry site at Hockanum Park in East Hartford and called for federal action to support food banks. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 16, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the announcement that Connecticut farmers will receive $53 million in federal disaster assistance. Last year, the Connecticut delegation passed a block grant in Congress for Connecticut farmers recovering from crop losses due to severe flooding and frost. 

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Rep. Larson at the East Hartford Senior Center
August 14, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the 90th anniversary of Social Security. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 14, 2025
Hartford, CT — Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and the entire Connecticut Congressional delegation urged the United States Coast Guard to commit to modernizing campus infrastructure at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA).