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May 2, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, which cuts funding for nearly every federal program and fails to invest in customer service needs at the Social Security Administration.
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May 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Dwight Evans (PA-03), and Lois Frankel (FL-22) released a joint statement calling on the Trump Administration to reverse course on its Social Security claw back rule that would still result in half of the Social Security check of affected seniors being taken away each month because of government mistakes:
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May 1, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Last night, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) received Voices for National Service’s John Lewis Bridge to Service Award for his work to expand opportunities for Americans to serve and volunteer in their community through national service programs like AmeriCorps.
Issues:National Service
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April 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Mike Kelly’s (PA-16) op-ed, “Unlocking Homeownership: A Bipartisan Approach to Building Affordable Housing,” was featured in The Hill.
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April 29, 2025
Rep. Larson co-authored the following op-ed with Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16) that appeared in The Hill:
Erie, Pa. and Hartford, Conn. share much in common — snowy winters, growing technology sectors and, like many other communities across the nation, a pressing need for more affordable homeownership opportunities.
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April 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House Republicans passed a resolution to block inquiries into ‘DOGE’ operations at Social Security from coming to the floor for a vote.
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April 29, 2025
Hartford, CT - Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation joined Attorney General William Tong to announce a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of AmeriCorps grants and the dismantling of the agency though an 85 percent reduction of its workforce.
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April 28, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the bipartisan Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act of 2025 with Reps. Mike Kelly (PA-16), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), and Troy Balderson (OH-12). Their bill would lower costs by eliminating the co-pay penalty for Medicare beneficiaries who seek care from outpatient Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs).
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April 24, 2025
Hartford, CT — Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, and Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined a coalition of over 100 Congressional Democrats in a letter demanding Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA)keep Social Security field offices open.
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April 24, 2025
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) called on the Trump Administration to reverse last week’s sudden dismissal of all student volunteers with the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), and plans for mass layoffs at AmeriCorps at the direction of Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE.’