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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) led 74 House Democrats demanding answers from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on the impact of the Trump Administration’s staffing cuts.
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Hartford CT Buildings
June 1, 2026
East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it would be pausing plans to create a $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump family members, January 6th insurrectionists, convicted fraudsters, and other MAGA allies.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 1, 2026

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded today’s Superior Court decision in Amadasun v. Armstrong, allowing South Windsor Councilman-elect Harrison Amadasun to rightfully take the seat he was elected to last November.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 29, 2026
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a court ruling removing Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and reopening the living memorial, on what would have been President Kennedy’s 109th birthday. 
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Hartford CT Buildings
May 29, 2026
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a federal court order blocking the disbursement of taxpayer funding to Trump allies as part of a settlement agreement in Trump v. IRS, the President’s unprecedented lawsuit demanding nearly $2 billion in payouts to himself, his businesses, and his allies, included convicted fraudsters and violent rioters who participated in the January 6th insurrection.
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Hartford CT Buildings
May 28, 2026

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) announced plans to introduce the Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act. Their bill would block the construction of Trump’s proposed 250-foot “Triumphal Arch” planned for Memorial Circle, between Washington, D.C., and the Arlington National Cemetery.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 26, 2026

Hartford, CT — Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy to announce $30.8 million for Pratt & Whitney to produce F135 engines.  

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House Republicans pulled a privileged war powers resolution from consideration after determining they didn’t have enough Republican votes to block it. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against H.R. 1041, Republican legislation that would weaken the background check system and put veterans in danger. Approximately 4,600 veterans die by firearm suicide every year, and the veteran firearm suicide rate has increased by 58 percent over the past two decades. 

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Ranking Member Larson in the Ways and Means Committee
May 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) offered an amendment to protect against cuts to disability benefits for some of America’s most vulnerable.