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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
May 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for a war powers resolution to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran for the third time, following Trump’s threats to annihilate an “entire civilization.”
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 14, 2026

Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Dale Strong (AL-05) released a bipartisan letter they sent with 43 members to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth regarding the importance of preserving the Army aviation industrial base:

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 14, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Jim McGovern (MA-02), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), to announce the introduction of the Universal School Meals Program Act.

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 13, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the passing of former Connecticut First Lady Nikki O’Neill. 

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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
May 12, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, pressing for answers after ‘DOGE’ officials at CMS launched a portal that publicly disclosed the Social Security numbers of some doctors and medical providers.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 8, 2026

A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president’s economic agenda—which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he repeatedly promised on the campaign trail.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 7, 2026
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), a member of the House Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement after the U.S. Trade Court struck down President Trump’s second attempt to impose tariffs on goods imported into the United States from across the globe.
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Hartford CT Buildings
May 7, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Assault Weapons Financing Accountability Act to ban the use of predatory Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment plans for purchasing assault weapons and ghost gun kits that can be used to build them.  

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Rep. Larson and Congressman Pablo José Hernández (PR-AL) visit the Park Street Library @ The Lyric in Hartford
May 6, 2026

Connecticut’s members of Congress are calling for an investigation into the alleged misuse of federal funds intended to make Puerto Rico’s energy grid more resilient.

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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
May 3, 2026

A newly reported failure of the Trump administration’s ability to handle sensitive private information in the social programs it is tasked with operating triggered a fresh wave of anger over the weekend after it was revealed that healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers were made public as part of a faulty Medicare po