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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 25, 2025

Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced that Bradley International Airport and Tweed-New Haven Airport have received over $7 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 23, 2025

ICE arrested seven people at a Newington car wash Saturday morning, according to a Facebook post by Newington Mayor Jon Trister.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 23, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after ICE detained seven workers at a car wash in Newington without notifying local officials. 

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Rep. Larson, Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, and U.S. Army veteran Sherri Vogt
August 23, 2025

A local veteran received two medals in acknowledgement of his service to the country in a ceremony in city council chambers at Bristol City Hall.

U.S. Congressman Rep. John Larson presented Command Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Nelligan with the Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit Retirement Award on Thursday, Aug. 21.

Issues:Veterans
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Rep. Larson and Senator Blumenthal with workers at the Newington VA
August 22, 2025
Newington, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) visited the Newington VA campus to call out the Trump Administration’s illegal termination of collective bargaining for workers, the cancellation of approved maternity leave for expecting parents, and ‘DOGE’ mass firings that have created severe staff shortages at every VA facility nationwide.
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Rep. Larson and Senator Blumenthal with workers at the Newington VA
August 22, 2025

Unions representing government workers say chronic understaffing, job cuts and what they call union-busting by the White House are hindering services for the 60,000 veterans in Connecticut, and millions more around the country, who get their healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Rep. Larson, Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, and U.S. Army veteran Sherri Vogt
August 22, 2025

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.

Issues:Veterans
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Rep. Larson, Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, and U.S. Army veteran Sherri Vogt
August 21, 2025

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. 

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Rep. John Larson Joins Social Security Works National Town Hall
August 19, 2025

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.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
August 19, 2025

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.