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Ranking Member Larson questions Commissioner Bisignano on the future of Social Security
June 10, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) pressed Trump’s hand-picked Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano, on the urgent need to lift the cap on the ultra-wealthy to extend protect beneficiaries from cuts and slammed Republicans for congratulating themselves on misleading customer service efficiency numbers while beneficiaries struggle to afford daily necessities. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
June 9, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against the Republican budget that hands another $70 billion to ICE and Border Patrol, with no guardrails, oversight, or accountability.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 9, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) released the following statement on the 2026 Social Security and Medicare trustees report:
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Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01)
June 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member (CT-01), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01), and Social Security advocates joined together to highlight the danger of automatic benefit cuts following a  new report.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 4, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against House Republicans’ partisan agriculture funding bill that raises costs for farmers, slashes WIC nutrition assistance for women and children, and includes a controversial “license to discriminate” against LGBTQ+ Americans. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 4, 2026

Hartford, CT — Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opposing plans to close the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) research and development center in Hamden, Connecticut.

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Larson reacts to CBS report on benefit cuts
June 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement reacting to a new report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), that was featured in CBS News, illustrating how Congress’ failure to act to protect Social Security will impact Americans with automatic benefit cuts in 2032. In Connecticut alone, the average resident on Social Security will see their monthly benefit cut by $556, affecting 17.9% of the population, and resulting in the loss of 1.1% of the state’s GDP. 
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Rep. Larson Outside the Capitol
June 3, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for a war powers resolution to end Trump’s illegal war in Iran. Four Republicans voted with Democrats to rebuke the President’s unauthorized use of military force, the first time since 2020 that the House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 3, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) led a coalition of New England Democrats urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject the New England Transmission Owners’ (NETOs) recent request to increase their profit margins, a plan that would further raise utility costs on New England ratepayers.