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Rep. Larson Outside the Capitol
June 4, 2026

Wednesday, Rep. John B. Larson voted for a war powers resolution to end what he and fellow Democrats term "Trump's illegal war in Iran". Four Republicans voted with Democrats.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 4, 2026

A Connecticut mayor and town council are asking others to join them in fighting an electrical rate increase, saying all those who agree should make their views known to the Public Utility Regulatory Authority.

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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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Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal, Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson, AFT Secretary Treasurer Fedrick Ingram, Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director Richard Fiesta
June 3, 2026

Months after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was disbanded, calls for scrutiny of its work are intensifying.

Advocacy and labor groups including Stop the Money Pipeline, Tesla Takedown and the Communications Workers of America are demanding an investigation into possible criminal activity by DOGE or its staff after revelations that agency employees at the Social Security Administration shared sensitive personal data.

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Rep. Larson questions Secretary Scott Bessent in the Ways and Means Committee
June 3, 2026

ASCs generated $27.9 billion in Medicare savings between 2019 and 2024, according to KNG Health Consulting data prepared for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. The federal government’s response has been to keep cutting what it pays them.

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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.

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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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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 1, 2026

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A judge has ruled that Harrison Amadasun needed to be sworn in and seated on the South Windsor town council after a month’s long battle of a charter revision misinterpretation case.

“We’ve been on this road, this race for a long time,” Amadasun said. “On a beautiful day like today, to see the people won, it makes me happy.”

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
June 1, 2026

A United States court of appeals has ruled that a policy under President Donald Trump to expel transgender troops from the military was a violation of the Constitution.

But Monday’s decision was a split one among the three-judge panel of the US appeals court for the District of Columbia.