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Bridge in Rep Larson District
April 1, 2026
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to nationalize voting by empowering Trump appointees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Homeland Security to decide who is eligible to vote in all 50 states.
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Rep. Larson, Hartford Public Library President and CEO Bridget Quinn, and Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam
April 1, 2026

Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $500,000 in new federal funding with Mayor Arunan Arulampalam to support renovations and restoration efforts at Hartford Public Library, ahead of an anticipated full reopening of the Downtown Library on Main Street later this year. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 31, 2026

Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney got a significant contract boost this week when parent company RTX was awarded a $3.8 billion modification from the Department of Defense to build F135 engines.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 28, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on No Kings Day in the United States of America.  

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 27, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans’ effort to fund ICE with no restraints after they walked away from Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s deal to fund TSA, the Coast Guard, and FEMA that unanimously passed the Senate last night.
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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
March 27, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted House Republican leadership’s decision to walk away from Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s deal to re-open the Department of Homeland Security that unanimously passed the Senate last night.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 27, 2026
Washington, D.C – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson, along with Reps. Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), led a bipartisan letter to House appropriators calling for the highest amount of funding possible for customer service funding at the Social Security Administration (SSA), including significant funding to restore customer service staff cut by the Trump Administration. 
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 26, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans’ funding bill that would give $10 billion in new funding for ICE, with no new restraints to rein in ICE’s lawlessness.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 25, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) introduced the bipartisan Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026, to lower surgery costs at outpatient ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for seniors on Medicare.

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Rep. Larson on the Ways and Means Committee
March 25, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every member of the House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve the SEED Act, bipartisan legislation to expand the $300 teacher expense tax deduction to include early childhood educators.