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January 28, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned a Republican bill that would cut Social Security benefits to provide insufficient parental leave and highlighted the Democratic solution, Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s (CT-03) FAMILY Act.
January 27, 2020
MANCHESTER — Three juniors from Howell Cheney Technical School have broken a glass ceiling by becoming the first all-female group to win the 1st District Congressional App Challenge.
Issues:Local
January 24, 2020
As President Trump mingled with political and economic elites this week in Davos, Switzerland, he was asked whether cuts to Social Security
Issues:Social Security
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January 22, 2020
Today, the Expand Social Security Caucus Co-Chairs, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Debbie Dingell (MI-12), reacted to President Trump’s comments that cutting “entitlement programs” was on the table.
Issues:Social Security
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January 17, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) recognized Jalah Edison, Jazzlin Grisby, and Rocio Rivera with Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition for designing the winning app, School of Math, for the First District’s 2019 Congressional App Challenge (CAC).
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January 17, 2020
Today, in a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-01),U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and City of Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin called upon HUD to improve current policies regarding the oversight of Section 8 Housing as well as the promotion of fair housing opportunities.
Issues:Local
January 17, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and patient advocate Peter Morley released a video highlighting how harmful the Trump Administration’s proposed Social Security disability rule would be.
Issues:Social Security
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January 16, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.J. Res. 76, which reverses a harmful rule issued by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos denying debt relief to students defrauded by predatory, for-profit colleges.
Issues:Education
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January 15, 2020
Legislation supported by both members repealing tax placed on nonprofit and religious organizations is now law.
Issues:Tax Policy
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January 13, 2020
Washington, DC – Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement regarding reports of a draft Social Security Administration (SSA) rule that would narrow the eligibility criteria for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits