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April 15, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded former President Joe Biden’s Social Security Day of Action speech in Chicago defending Americans’ earned benefits from Trump and Musk’s cuts to Social Security.
April 15, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-03), and Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) announced they will introduce the “Claws Off Social Security” Act.
April 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) joined every Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee to file Resolutions of Inquiry compelling answers from the Trump Administration on ‘DOGE’ meddling in the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) and their backdoor benefit cuts to Social Security at the direction of the White House.
April 11, 2025
The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers.
April 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee pressed Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the Trump Administration’s decision to close half of all HHS Regional Offices, including the Boston Regional Office that serves Connecticut residents.
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) released the following statement lambasting the Trump Administration’s abuse of Social Security to target lawful residents in the United States:
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced the bipartisan Neighborhood Homes Investment Act.
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against House Republicans’ SAVE Act, which would make it harder for Americans without passports, military service members, and married women to register to vote.
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April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against the Trump-Republican budget plan that would cut Medicaid, SNAP nutrition benefits, and other critical programs American families rely on to pay for another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent.
April 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) pared back plans to cut phone services.