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Rep. John B Larson, D-1, presented both the Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award to Bristol veteran Patrick Nelligan, according to the lawmaker, recognizing his 42 years of service.
Bristol, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) presented the Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award to Bristol veteran Patrick Nelligan, in recognition of his forty-two years of military service.
This month marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security, and while defenders of the program celebrate its legacy, they raise new warnings of what they call an increasingly real threat in the Trump era: privatization.
While wholesale replacement of the government-run retirement and disability program with private accounts has long been considered politically radioactive, advocates say recent actions by the Trump administration show it could happen, if not directly, then “through the back door.”
Mike Turek had the perfect retirement home — in a planned cluster community on Deer Run Trail in which the homeowners also own the land, much different than a condominium.
The home also had a unique characteristic — it was mostly in Manchester, but the back of the property inches into Vernon.
But then things changed.
"I never thought I'd be living on a construction site," the 67-year-old Turek said.
New federal funding is on the way to help homeowners grappling with the lasting damage of pyrrhotite-infused concrete in their foundations.
The issue of crumbling foundations in Connecticut stretches back decades. Millions of dollars of state-funded relief have flowed into impacted communities.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) visited the Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry site at Hockanum Park in East Hartford and called for federal action to support food banks.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the announcement that Connecticut farmers will receive $53 million in federal disaster assistance. Last year, the Connecticut delegation passed a block grant in Congress for Connecticut farmers recovering from crop losses due to severe flooding and frost.
East Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the 90th anniversary of Social Security.
President Donald Trump's pick for commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has argued for "sunsetting" Social Security, calling it a "Ponzi scheme."
Trump nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the BLS less than two weeks after firing the agency's former commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, in response to weaker-than-expected job numbers. The dismissal has fueled concerns that upcoming BLS reports could be altered to advance Trump's political agenda.