Skip to main content

Press Releases

Image
Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
May 11, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republican legislation that would target innocent workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic by sending surprise bills for unemployment overpayments they received through no fault of their own.

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
May 11, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republican legislation, H.R. 2, which embraces former President Trump’s failed, illegal, and immoral border policies, effectively destroying the asylum system, criminalizing visa overstays, deporting unaccompanied children, and allowing for children to be jailed indefinitely. 

Issues:Immigration
Image
Hartford CT Buildings
May 10, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Bipartisan Policy Center projected some of the dire impacts of the U.S. defaulting on its debt for the first time ever.  

Image
Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 3, 2023

Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $500,000 in new federal funding for Mothers United Against Violence’s Victim Impact Project to support victims of violent crimes in the Greater Hartford area as they work with their local police departments.

Image
Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 2, 2023

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined local business leaders to announce the introduction of the bipartisan American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act.

Image
Rep. Larson with Mothers United Against Violence.
April 27, 2023

Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined with Mothers United Against Violence (MUAV) in Washington to advocate for action to address gun violence in America. MUAV and Larson met with other leaders in Washington and spoke at a press conference with the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.

April 27, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted the significant improvements in the IRS’s customer service after Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act last year at the Ways and Means hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel.

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
April 26, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B.

April 26, 2023

Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted the need to act to protect and expand Social Security in the face of Republican plans to cut the program during the Subcommittee’s hearing: Social Security Fundamentals: A Fact-Based Foundation. 

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
April 21, 2023

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Supreme Court halted restrictions imposed by lower courts that would have limited access to mifepristone, a common abortion medication used nationwide that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).