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Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), and Select Revenues Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), and Ways and Means Members Reps. Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, urging the IRS to provide automatic COVID-19 Relief Payments to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries.

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) called for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) to develop a simple path forward for Social Security recipients to receive the economic impact payment.

Today, Members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced that Connecticut would receive almost $5.4 million in federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Sunday, March 29th at 3 PM, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) will host his fourth tele-town hall on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the CARES Act to provide COVID-19 relief.

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the CARES Act, the third COVID-19 relief package.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, in a letter to President Donald Trump, Connecticut’s entire Congressional delegation urged support for Governor Ned Lamont’s request for a major disaster declaration for the state of Connecticut in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded CVS’s announcement that Aetna will be waiving cost-sharing and co-pays for inpatient hospital admissions related to COVID-19 treatment, as well as requirements in hard hit states for pre-authorization of hospital admissions.