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April 2, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced Connecticut’s First District will receive over $7.3 million in funding from the Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help low-income Americans that was allocated from the CARES Act that Congress passed last week.
Issues:COVID-19 Resources
April 2, 2020
WASHINGTON — Social Security beneficiaries will now automatically receive their coronavirus stimulus checks after a change made by the Trump administration late Wednesday night.
Lawmakers on Wednesday decried a policy enacted by the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week that would have required Social Security beneficiaries to file a simple tax return to receive the benefit although many of the beneficiaries — mostly seniors and the disabled — are not normally required to pay taxes.
Issues:Social Security
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April 2, 2020
House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement that they would allow Social Security beneficiaries to receive COVID-19 relief payments automatically without having to file tax returns.
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April 1, 2020
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.
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March 31, 2020
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.
Issues:Social Security
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March 30, 2020
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.
March 27, 2020
Sunday, March 29th at 3 PM, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) will host his fourth tele-town hall on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 27, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the CARES Act to provide COVID-19 relief.
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March 26, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the CARES Act, the third COVID-19 relief package.
March 26, 2020
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.