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CAC winner art
June 13, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced Connecticut IB Academy (CIBA) sophomore Kalina Lawrence-Clais as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
June 13, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Yesterday, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced a resolution alongside Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee demanding information on the Trump Administration’s partnership with Palantir to build a vast, centralized database that will compile deeply personal information on the American people.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference after attempting to ask questions about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and military forces in Los Angeles.
Issues:Immigration
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Hartford CT Buildings
June 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against President Trump’s bill to eliminate funding for PBS and NPR, and drastically reduce the budget for PEPFAR, an AIDS relief program that has saved an estimated 26 million lives.
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Front view of the Capitol
June 6, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Supreme Court stepped in to allow Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ access to Social Security beneficiaries’ personal data.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 3, 2025

Washington, D.C.– Today, 29 Members of Congress, including the entire Connecticut Congressional delegation, released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii:

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 30, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) approval of financing for the Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 40 Pension Fund, covering 984 Connecticut-based construction workers.
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releasedefault
May 29, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement remembering former President John F. Kennedy, on what would have been his 108th birthday. 

Issues:History
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 27, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the IAM machinists vote to approve a new contract with RTX after three weeks on strike. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 23, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after RTX announced a tentative agreement with IAM Locals 700 and 1746, who represent 3,000 machinists in East Hartford and Middletown.